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Greetings: My porcine combined aortic root & valve is coming up 7 years in November. I have an annual echo followed by a visit with my Cardio for his interpretaion. So far there have been no changes whatsoever, he (and I) are very happy with everything. Like was mentioned in an earlier post...

New here so have lot's of reading to catch up on. I hear you Heather and it's for the same reasons I chose the porcine valve. I've never regretted my decision. I have my annual echo next month and of course don't anticipate any problems. I'm always mindful of the fact that one day down the...

1) mohel2/paul 2) 65 (59 at surgery) 3) porcine

Hi Kristen. I am a new member here and have been through what are going through tomorrow. Best of luck to you and I can only encourage you to think positive. It's not as bad as I thought it would be at all. In fact on the second day after surgery as I was out doing my prescribed walk in the...

I have just joined this site and this is a first post. This is something I can relate to as I was diagnosed with Severe Aortic Stenosis in summer of 2005 and had surgery in Nov 2005. I experienced no symptoms and was a regular walker. I was advised by my surgeon that I could continue walking...