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I can't speak to any of that. I just thought he was a good resource.

Thanks I have hard choices to make

That come from another dr

I become vegan last year and it is has saved my heart-but not my valve--https://www.dresselstyn.com/site/faq/

I don't know if you know what complete sternotomy means but it means that it needs to be cut entirely open down the middle (I've had 3)...

here is my view (having had 3 OHS) The Ross brings little to the table that a cryopreserved homograft does not (with similar results...

Is 3 OHS really the fault of him getting the Ross Procedure? Sorry I’m ignorant on some of this. Why didn’t they fix this one in 2018...

probably they stitched him up on the usual TAVR line ... just like they were saying 10 years ago, it'll be the norm in 10 years. dunno...

An exemplar of what I have against Ross. I would expect he'd be fine now if he'd had a mechanical. The usual, got born. What I did...

I was born :D I just read several articles about Arnold's latest surgery and they all reveal a history of bicuspid aortic valve. Glad...

Ross in the 1990’s. Pulmonary valve in 2018. Aortic valve in 2020. Three surgeries for the price of one. But what I’m annoyed by are...

I have a Coaguchek, you are supposed to take the first drop. If your INR is at 2 and should be 2.5-3.5, you should have been told to...

With double valve surgery especially with the mitral repair you are at higher risk for embolism. So if the 2 is accurate and you still...

Thanks. That’s what I am afraid of...Staying on 5 may drop my INR more. I may send a message to him. My cardiologist is brand new...

While waiting for a replacement for my broken Coagucheck machine from Roche, I am testing my INR at my GP’s office: Two weeks ago, I...