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hey thank you all for replying. yes it is incredible to see how surgeries are becoming less invasive and still effective

hey, wanted to check in again. 29 bicuspid valve, mildly dilated aorta, no signs of failure at this point. getting followup every 2-3 yrs life is interesting, sometimes everything is going great, sometimes you catch a bad spot. sometimes i find myself ruminating on my valve and my...

I've been floating around this forum for a while, so here goes... Back in 2007, I was running quite a bit and remember getting weird sharp chest pains. My dad recently had a heart attack and for whatever reason I decided to go get checked out. The doc ordered a stress echocardiogram. The...