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Had Mitral Valve repair back in May of 2012. From what I was told, the surgery was a success and although still a small leak, no where near where it was. However, I have never been able to feel as strong as prior to surgery, not that I expected that. However, lately I have had very low blood...

I'm (52 years old) celebrating my 12th week post surgery for Mitral Valve Repair which was successful...performed at Duke May 14th. My resting heart rate had been high (90-100) beats per minute post surgery, (presurgery 45-50bpm) so they put me on Carvedilol (9.37mg) twice a day to reduce it...

I'm 16 days out of surgery for mitral valve repair performed with right side terachotomy. I've been off pain killers for a week and am only on Rythmol and Aspirin right now. Prior to surgery my resting heart rate was usually less than 60, but now it's not really coming down off 95-100. Is...

I just got out of the hospital last Saturday after undergoing Mitral Valve Repair the preceding Monday. It was a fairly long operation...7 plus hours, but was successful with the repair and the less invasive right side thoracotomy. Since then my pain has been really confined to my right groin...

Scheduled for surgery at Duke next Monday morning. The hope is that they can perform the non-invasive procedure and fix the valve with Goretex chordae. Has anyone else had this procedure successfully? Any complications? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Selecting a pig valve if...

Wanted to get feedback from anyone that has had this particular mitral valve repair. Looking at surgery next month!

I recently read an article regarding cognitive impairment potentially due to the heart lung machine and wanted to know if patients had experienced this short term/long term...at all? Will be scheduling my Mitral Valve Repair for May. Also have had one doctor say he doesn't attach the HL at the...

Trying to make a choice between Duke & WakeMed. Really liked the WakeMed surgeon who explained everything to me in great detail. Duke was very efficient and spent lots of time with me as well...probably has more experience with the slightly less invasive procedure whereas WakeMed prefers to...

I've been recently diagnosed with severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation I'm still an active biker and have 10 triathlons under my belt although not since 2009. My cardiologist who says I need repair... I'm not happy with as he doesn't seem engaged when I see him. Twice he's recommended I go get...

I've recently been diagnosed with severe mitral valve regurgitation during a usual checkup and subsequent stress test and TEE. Heart Cath showed no blockages so that's good, but obviously been told I need a repair. Up until 2009 I was a active triathlete and still ride my bike 3 to 4 times a...