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Testimonials are interesting but fairly worthless when it comes to decision making in medicine. We have to fall back on studies and...

Not sure what a Complex Partial Seizure is or how it presents. Also not sure how they made the diagnosis. If one has a TIA from a...

Things get repeated so they become true. On-X presented data to the FDA with a weird concocted statistic that added "bleeding episodes"...

Yes, closure means probably reduced or no flow for a period of time. If the clot breaks up and the flow is restored early enough the...

Over the years I have had several episodes of transient loss of partial vision in one eye that lasted a few minutes. Usually one loses...

There are multiple ways of dealing with mitral insufficiency. As mentioned repair, replacement and mitral clip. The details of the...

Not really.

There is no recognized problem with a steroid injection and your valve or Afib or just about anything else related to your heart. Very...

Turbulence around a heart valve is predominantly from issues with the valve. Having a jet effect from a narrowed valve or turbulence...

Supposedly increased turbulence may be a risk factor in getting valvular infection. But plenty of probably normal valves get infected...

Staph epidermitis by it's name lives on the skin and is found widely. It is a normal skin flora. When it gets in places it doesn't...

There is nothing certain in life. But the odds of you having a problem on a routine flight are very very low. If you were in a...

Competition is always a good thing. With the advent of the novel anticoagulants the number of people on warfarin has dropped...

Traditionally the decision to proceed with surgery for a stenotic aortic valve was when the extra work placed on the left ventricle...

Your assumption is that you had an embolism associated with your mechanical valve. Given your story this is most likely. But you may...