Justin Bendell
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- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Surgery
- Aortic valve replacement (mechanical) and aortic aneurysm repair
- Medications
- None currently (surgery is forthcoming)
- Occupation
- Writing professor
- Referral
- Found it
Signature
In 2021 (age 44), I was diagnosed with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve, moderate stenosis, and a 4.5 cm ascending aortic aneurysm; Stenosis progressed to severe in 2022; On 26 June 2023 (age 46), I had surgery to replace the aortic valve with a mechanical valve and to repair the now-4.8 cm ascending aortic aneurysm with a #26 Dacron graft. Surgery was performed by Dr. Fenton McCarthy at the University of New Mexico Hospital.