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hi @ChristinaColorado. First piece of advice I can offer is to try to scrape yourself off the ceiling (i.e. reduce your level of...

I've had several cardioversions. It is a pretty routine prodedure for afib and aflutter. Very simply, you are sedated/anesthetized...

Simply speaking, the beta blockers will throttle or slow down the heart. They block adrenaline by attaching to the adrenaline receptor...

Jim: regarding the stress echo, I want to reiterate that it is difficult to capture the effect that I have been pointing out. I took a...

Here's an older paper with some testing and analysis on the systole/diastole timing...

QuincyRunner: my experience largely aligns and mirrors yours. nobog: I agree that, when all other parameters are equal, a larger area...

Here's a blurb from an older Circulation article https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.108.778886 that supports...

This reminded me of some things. In my case, my post-repair stenosis was not a problem . . . except when exercising. In your case, it...

As Pellicle notes, there's a lot to this. My 1/2 to 1/3 is a simplification from: - normal MV area is 4-6 sq cm - my personal MV area...

Hi pardon me but: agreed Although there are other factors because the hydraulic fluid also needs a chemical exchange of Oxygen and...

My experience has some similarities to what you are experiencing. I have a mechanical mitral valve. Lifelong runner. Afib around age...