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good for you, with decades of experience under you belt this isn't aimed at you. I'm not sure why you're trying to prove "nobody needs it".

If you can handle managing your INR, get the mechanical. But... When I got my Epic bioprosthetic 10 years ago at 44, I made that choice...

Hey good to hear ... as I understood it, the procedure on you is about the same as having a stent placed. sound advice. Follow it...

I'm glad you are at home and improving! Please remember to keep walking, even if it is inside your home. Also please remember your...

agreed ... especially because you know that there is a range not a single specific number you need to be at (such as you must be 2.4)...

carolinemc, I don't believe I was rude or disrespectful to you in my message to you in post #33 but you gave me an angry face:mad:. Do...

looks about the same to me ... but with a wider path down the diagonal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Look forward to your report! (and the longer term one in 5 years too)

TAVR at high noon today.Hope to report this weekend.

being an engineer is not a skillset that will translate perfectly to biology, pharmacology nor laboratory work. Nature is not...

this may shock you, but not all labs are 100% on the ball with INR work and not all labs are to the standard of scientific research...

From Wikipedia: "A transesophageal echocardiogram, or TEE (TOE in the United Kingdom and other countries such as Australia and New...

I do agree with your summation. From your initial post I thought you were a new patient to OHS and I only wanted to give you a little...

My father had a St Jude mechanical implanted when he was 42 and died of unrelated cancer at 78, so 36 years there.

carolinemc, Why are you taking "5 mg four days a week and 2.5 mg three days a week" and NOT taking "4mg every day"? This may work in...