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Redo valve surgery within a year
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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...
Nov 26, 2023
vitdoc
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TIAs
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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...
Nov 21, 2023
vitdoc
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Inr
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Things get repeated so they become true. On-X presented data to the FDA with a weird concocted statistic that added "bleeding episodes"...
Nov 20, 2023
vitdoc
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TIAs
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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...
Nov 20, 2023
vitdoc
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TIAs
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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...
Nov 19, 2023
vitdoc
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Newly Diagnosed with MVP with severe regurgitation
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There are multiple ways of dealing with mitral insufficiency. As mentioned repair, replacement and mitral clip. The details of the...
Nov 9, 2023
vitdoc
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Open Heart surgeries and Neurological problems
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Not really.
Nov 2, 2023
vitdoc
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cortisone shot with replaced valve?
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There is no recognized problem with a steroid injection and your valve or Afib or just about anything else related to your heart. Very...
Oct 31, 2023
vitdoc
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Open Heart Surgery Graduate from Iowa in the United States
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Turbulence around a heart valve is predominantly from issues with the valve. Having a jet effect from a narrowed valve or turbulence...
Oct 25, 2023
vitdoc
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Open Heart Surgery Graduate from Iowa in the United States
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Supposedly increased turbulence may be a risk factor in getting valvular infection. But plenty of probably normal valves get infected...
Oct 24, 2023
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Open Heart Surgery Graduate from Iowa in the United States
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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...
Oct 23, 2023
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Flying with severe aortic stenosis
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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...
Sep 30, 2023
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Engineering student designing a new anticoagulant monitoring device
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Competition is always a good thing. With the advent of the novel anticoagulants the number of people on warfarin has dropped...
Sep 26, 2023
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How long after symptom onset did you have surgery?
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Traditionally the decision to proceed with surgery for a stenotic aortic valve was when the extra work placed on the left ventricle...
Sep 17, 2023
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More medical ignorance about anticoagulation
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Your assumption is that you had an embolism associated with your mechanical valve. Given your story this is most likely. But you may...
Sep 15, 2023
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