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A routine blood check (2009) revealed mine had skyrocketed to Protime = 100 INR = 11.2 😬 My primary care physician immediately called me and told me to go directly to the emergency room. I was quickly registered and got my room, and when the nurse came in I had told her the values that I had...

My cardiologist has retired and I have been passed on to a new cardiologist in his office who is on the younger side. I really liked my cardiologist as he was very experienced and was sort of a proactive type of personality. He gave me confidence with his methodology. Now I have been seeing the...

30 years, 12/9/87 was my surgery date, and feeling quite well today at age 62. I guess it wasn't my time to go back at age 32, I was fortunate to have had surgery that particular day as doctors said I wouldn't have made another day with the aneurysm I had. The aneurysm destroyed the aortic valve...

Just had my annual checkup stress test with echo-cardigram which turned out good. It has been 25 years this past december since I had 5" of ascending aorta replaced along with the aortic valve. For those of you tentative over your surgery, which is normal, good results and longevity are a...

Back in Dec of 1987 I had an aneurysm in my aorta that also destroyed my valve. The surgery was called an 'aortic valve prosthesis'. The surgeons replaced about 5 inches of my aorta with dacron mesh. A St. Jude valve was stitched in prior to surgery and then entire unit was installed. As I type...

While looking for info on longevity of the St. Jude Mech Valve (aortic), I happened to find this site. Quite interesting, and I see many posts I can relate to. I had and Aortic Valve Prosthesis back in Dec of 1987 due to an aneurysm in the ascending aorta, which also destroyed my valve. While...