Here's the latest update...Heart cath went pretty much without a hitch. The doctors are NOT going to procede with valve replacement at this time since they were able to determine that my arteries are clear, heart is beating strong and aortic valve funtioning well enough not to warrent surgery...
Thank you all for your input.
I am hoping that Group Health will continue to work with me and approve my cardiologist's referral to a specific surgeon at Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, WA, which is about 8 miles from my home. Harrison has been recognized nationwide for several years for...
59yo female with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, currently residing in the Puget Sound area of WA state.
I've known this day was coming since my early 20's (about 1973) when I had rheumatic fever and a heart murmur was diagnosed. I found out about having a bicuspid valve during my first...