Recent content by Nasredin

My aortic bovine valve (the original one) is now 22 years old, while its owner is 81. In any case, that sure was one champ of a cow! The valve may be on its last gasps, however, as I am getting spells of dizziness and wobbliness -- and have an appointment with my cardiologist this coming Tuesday.

Many thanks for all these replies and helpful items of information! Happily, there is some unexpected good news. I went in for my echocardiogram today here in Tallahassee... and then a follow-up appointment with my cardiologist . To my surprise (and his, too, I think), the results showed that...

I am an earlier participant on these forums, now age 77 (my lucky year :)), who had an aortic valve replacement way back in 2001 and received a bovine insert. It has done swimmingly: though predicted to last 12 years, the valve has reached its 19th year... but is now a candidate for replacement...

Thanks to all for comments and to ClicketyClack for giving a name and ID to the replacement of the ascending aorta' I did Google "Bentall procedure" with interesting results. That TRIPLE intervention (replacement or aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta) seems called for when there are...

Don't know how I came out simply as "Guest." Must admit that I've forgotten most of the routines on the forum. In any case, my user name is Nasredin.