Recent content by SimonB100

Excellent post! So glad that things are continuing to go well and look forward to another fantastic four years, and many more after that. It was a tough procedure, with a re-op, but 3 months later you were well on the road to recovery. Although it might not have seemed like it at the time...

Hi - give it time, I hope that you'll find it blends into the background and the days pass without even hearing it once!

Sorry to hear about this, it must be very upsetting. I'd be interested to know the valve choice that is failing so soon. Typically (and there are many factors to be considered here as others have mentioned), a pressure gradient in excess of 40 represents the transition from moderate to severe...

For us, the choice of tissue valve-type was more important than the bovine/porcine issue. Having looked at the durability data for different tissue valves (replacement life being the main determinant of valve choice), we went with the bovine CE Perimount, since trials have been conducted over...

My father had an AVR at the Oxford Radcliffe in the UK, although he opted for tissue. I don't recall what mechanical options were available there, although I could easily find out and revert. If it were me, at your stage of life, I would go ON-X. I understand that trials are awaited on...

It is not uncommon to experience leakage around teh root of the valve from suturing - this is different from valve leakage which would be a different matter, although leakage through a mechanical valve is not common to the best of my knowledge. My father has some degree of leakage around the...

Best of luck from the UK - following your recovery and wishing you well.

Hello all My father, Alan B, had an AVR at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital three years ago. He leads a pretty normal life and gets on well with his CE Perimount tissue. He does however get dizzy spells, sometimes twice a day, sometimes once every couple of days. These seem to be unrelated to...