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I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't understand what is "normal" for peak and gradient. Two years post aortic valve replacement (carbon) my peak gradient is 50 mmHg and mean is 30 mmHg. I've tried reading about it on the internet, but feeling a bit dense.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't understand what is "normal" for peak and gradient. Two years post aortic valve replacement (carbon) my peak gradient is 50 mmHg and mean is 30 mmHg. I've tried reading about it on the internet, but feeling a bit dense.

Six weeks post surgery and have some questions: 1. How long before you could comfortably sleep on your side/stomach? 2. How long did it take you to get your heart rate back to normal? My resting heart rate was 100 or above which freaked out the cardiac rehab staff, but my cardiologist wasn't...

Had my aortic valve replaced three weeks ago and started taking warfarin and I'm cold all the time which was never a problem for me before surgery. I read that a "minor" side effect of warfarin was being cold. Anyone else experience this effect? If so, does it go away at some point? Heat is...

Was supposed to have AVR tomorrow but got a call at 2 p that it is postponed till Friday I'm drained Just venting

I am scheduled to have my Aortic Valve replaced on Feb 12th. Everyone I have talked with in my area has had their surgery at Washington Hospital Center. Would love to talk with someone who has recently had surgery at Johns Hopkins.

The idea of sleeping in a recliner as many who have posted here have done isn't very appealing to me. Has anyone used one of the memory foam pillow wedges to enable them to sleep in their own bed? If so, how large of one as they appear to range from 4 to 12 + inches in height. Finally getting...

I am going to have a "mini" as the nurse at Johns Hopkins described it, surgery to replace my aortic valve with a mechanical valve. In this surgery they only cut about half way down the sternum. Has anyone had this surgery and would you share yuor experience? Needless to say, I'm terrified as I...