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Hope everyone is doing well. It's been over a year since my op and I must say, all is going well so far. So, I decided to make a short Christmas film with a couple of kids! Please be kind and leave comments if you have a spare minute! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgNPf7ORYCQ Mark

Hi all Hope everyone is doing well. My right arm (inner triceps area) randomly started twitching today and is still doing it.. It is like it is pulsating although it doesn't correlate to my heart beat in any way. I'm sure this is nothing to worry about and I seem to remember having this years...

Sad news that Davy Jones from the Monkees died today. We should all be glad that we are monitored so close and stop worrying about all the bad things that can happen because at the end of the day anything can happen to anyone, some people don't know what's around the corner. Apparently he died...

Hi all as a few of you know I had my aortic valve replaced in October. Everything has gone great so far I had a full check up last week and all look perfect (ish!). For the last month or so I've had a pretty much constant pain in my upper left chest. I spoke to my cardio about this and she was...

-Went to cardiologist last week- heart looks great and all fine post op "The best it's looked for years"...!! -Heart rate has steadily been going down and is now 80bpm which is fine. -I've lost weight for the first time in 3 months- BMI is in the middle of the normal range again! -Got my INR...

Hi all I had a 3 month post op check up on valentines day (as goods a day as any to get your heart checked I guess..) and everything is great. My cardio said my heart has looked better than it has done for many years. They managed to get a bigger mechanical valve in than the failed tissue valve...

Another great story from when a patient in 1965 underwent heart vale surgery with a star-edwards valve. This lasted 45 years and the guy live until his mid 80s. I'm not sure if it was the valve that got him in the end.. I'm guessing not! There seem to be so many people who have had this valve...

Sme interesting info on how home monitoring INR can significantly increase long term prognosis. At 10 years survival was 97% compared to 81. A big difference no matter how small the study is. I'm sure it isn't this different in reality but I'm sure quality of life and prognosis is improved with...

Yet another Success story re the ball/ cage valve. Just shows what is possible with the new generation of mech valves! During a routine physical in 1965, Philip Bryson learned that he had a life-threatening heart murmur. Follow-up exams revealed that he'd been born with a defective aortic...

Hi all. I've just had my check up a few months after surgery and everything seems great. My INR has also been constant for 7 weeks (2.2-2.4) which is also great (especially after hearing how some people seem to have difficulties in controlling their INR). Anyway... 5 days after my op they...

Email I got from Christian D Etz MD on the bentall procedure. I posted a study on this a few days ago and thought id get in touch with him and ask him some questions. All pretty standard info but just shows the importance of maintaining INR, especially first year post op- Mechanical conduits...

I just realised one of my friends has a mechanical valve. I've know him for a good few years but he obviously decided to say nothing about it. After I told him about my op he mentioned he had the same. What a coincidence! Anyway, he said that he expects another op in 20-30 years going on what...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfn3hceraGY Great news for everyone!

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08065/862406-114.stm Old metal heart valve did its job for 42 years Wednesday, March 05, 2008 By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette First of two parts It took a licking and kept on clicking. That's one way of describing what an Israeli surgeon found last year...

I had my failed tissue aortic valve replaced with a mechanical valve 6 weeks ago. I hated the week in hospital- scary, painful, constant tests etc etc etc and Im hoping my mechanical valve does last forever- at least 45 years! Although the redo was awful for me (especially pre op worrying) the...

Hi all. Finally managed to pick my laptop up from London! I replied to my previous post on my ipad but for some reason it didn't make it through.. So here is just another update. It's been 4 weeks since my AVR and I feel great. I'm off all painkillers and pretty much feel completely normal...

hi all. Had my sortic valve and root replaced on Monday evening. Op took nearly 7 hours but there were no complications. Because I had s congenital surgeon they tend to take a lot more care cutting through existing scar tissue etc. My aortic root didn't really need replacing but as it was...

Hi all I have my valve reop tomorrow, looking forward to getting it done and out the way. My op was meant to be at 8am but an emergency op on a baby has to be done first so I'm going to have to enjoy the wait..! Thanks for all the info over the last month or so. It's been a great help...

Hi all Just to let you know I'm having my failed tissue (mosaic...) valve replaced with a mech valve in just over a week. Slightly worried although my surgeon assured me redo's are only very slightly more dangerous than the first time. He even said people have had 2nd, 3rd redo ops without any...

Hi all. As some of you know I'm getting a mechanical valve put in sometime within the next few months. After doing some research on warfarin I constantly hear that drinking green tea is a bad idea as it contains high levels of vitamin k. I'm a big lover of green tea so I guess I'll just have...