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hi ive had 4 valve surgerys now and my last 2 were with 6 months due to a second hit of endocarditis- my 3 rd opp was big aortic mechanical with a konno procedure which is where they think i picked up endocarditis- my 4th was complicated due to the infection - however i now have 2 mech valves...

just had my echo all good both mech valve seated well no regurg but i noticed my mitral valve gradient is 8mmhg they dont seem bothered my surgery was complicated as it was my 4th with a root enlargement on the aortic, it was my 2nd hit of endocarditis - anyway just was curious what the average...

hey man i no how your feeling, ive had 4 heart valve surgery, the 3rd was big konno procedure and aortic in dec 2010 which i picked up endocarditis from for the 2nd time i spent from june 16 till october 3rd in hospital - i then had prothetic endorcarditis on both new mechanical and repaired...

for what its worth, ive had four replacment valve operations, the last 2 within 6 months due to endocarditis- the first because of endocarditis 25 years ago at 16, the last surgery having to undo a konno procedure replacing the aortic mechanical and replaceing the mitral- this time was big and...

hi Mandy, ive been there twice, i had endorcarditis when i was 16 , i had homograph valve and was lucky it lasted 24 years, with in that time i had my mitral repaired also due to the damage. 2010 i have the homograph replaced with a mechanical ats , the mitral at that stage was great and not...

Hi all following my old post I have got endocsrditis and I'm gutted after a week of chills and sweats the blood tests were positive so I'm back at st georges I'n london this is my second time with this nasty tricky bug I had noticed I felt off for a week or two before the sweats came it appears...

Hi everyone, since last friday iv had raised temp 38/ cold chills and generally feeling off,(how it mimics flu..)! but no other cold type symptoms so my doc done the routeen stuff cultures and full blood count... esr was 40- something else was 35 and my iron/hg 128 which was changed to 133 plus...

Hi this last week ive felt a bit short of breath, no swelling of ankles or high tempreture my surgery was 22nd dec mech valve ats , do any of you guys have days like that where you feel a bit short of breath, im on bisoprolol and irbesartan , i also feel more tierd this time round than...

yep ! been there, yep ! been there, im 16 weeks since my last opp and it was my 3rd and i have days when im annoyed and fed up too, i now have a mechanical valve now but up to then it was tissue, so the warfrin thing although not a major pain just remembering i must take it annoys me a bit...

flutter..... due to have an abaltion for flutter on 25th, anyone had this procedure and did it work........ any info would be great thanks

Hi Everyone, im 9 weeks post opp, although this was my 3rd opp it seems alot harder to recover than i remember, i am back at work and exercising but mentally feel a bit low has anyone else suffered this, 2 weeks ago i flipped into flutter which there gona sort in 2 weeks, im also taking 2.5 mg...

Hi everybody, im 8 weeks today since my avr ats open pivot, went to see my cardio ecg looked good went home quite happy , the doc was happy, talked about coming of bisoprolol in 4 months got home went into flutter! which feels like it may be af today, you just cant believe it... went to have...

hi , anyone on here taken clotamin, multivitimin for people on blood thinners, also prior to surgery i was taking coq10 but my inr clinic has told me not to, im thiniking i may start after a few months when everthing settles down and my inr becomes stable, i am a home tester so that helps...

hi every one, so im 3 weeks post opp and have a feww things still not quite right, 2 days ago i had a few blood tests done, over the lat week ive had a few night sweats, spoke to my cardio and he did full blood test and cultures, one of the blood tests came back with a raised crp level, hes not...

hi people, ive been home a few days now, my surgery was on the 22nd and i ended up with a konno prodecure and ats mech valve. my original homograph was 18mm and i got a 25mm ats . no major problems,picked up a cold which have made things a bit tricky. one question, although this is my 3rd opp...