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Brother had surgery Friday - 12 hours by Dr. Deeb at U of M(what a wonderful surgeon and person !!!!!!!) - had to have a mechanical valve as the annulus measured at 33 and the smallest tissue valve was like 29! The TAA was 7.0 cm and the heart looked like a big blob of tissue so we had a long...

My younger sib, age 52 now, had the Ross done in 1996, for BAV. This past year discovered has approx. 6.7cm AA and cath last Friday showed that the valve also is compromised. He is scheduled for surgery 11/05 and we are to meet with the surgeon this Tuesday for all the particulars. I was...