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Don't get into the weeds. The most important thing is a cardiologist you click with. A doctor who understands what is important to you to help you navigate post surgery world. Things you cannot control, let them be. If your surgeon is an OnX or St Jude, let them pick the valve. Let them work...

Work with a % of YOUR weekly dose. I don't know why you would want a rapid increase but adding 10% of your weekly dose to a should bump you up. If you are on 5mg (5*7 =35mg) so adding 2.5mg to 2 days (easier to break a pill)should raise your number and test again at week end.

Ha! It is liberal arts and sciences. If your degree is a BA or BS you have a liberal arts and sciences degree. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Sociology, Economics, Literature... If you have B.Eng...then you are a technical person. Now to show the confusion someone getting a...

Americans use it in the same sense as when you say sprinkle salt liberally on the steak...meaning easy going on morals, spending, open border...basically everything goes. It is an insult. The opposite of that Americans call conservative which in America means principled, grounded in some...

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You would rather go through what you are going through because Warfarin is...? If you have 2 open heart surgeries, you will be lucky not to develop a branch block or afib and end up on warfarin. Talk to your doctors and do not let that 12-20 years bio valve story move you too much, you don't...

Do tell if mama has a smile or frown on her face if you have experienced these benefits.

110bpm is tachycardia and the most common is afib. Most usually resolve without much intervention...a good nap will do if you can manage it...valsava maneuvers sometimes work.

Bad hearing is truly something else. You WILL hear your heart valves if you want to hear it. Others...well it depends on their hearing and the room. If you hold a mechanical watch to your ear, you hear it. Your mechanical valve is louder than that and you hear it like in the back of your...

Many people experience their first post surgical afib in the first few weeks...it is a scary but normal thing so long as you are in range, relax and maybe add an extra dose of metoprolol (I love those pills).

Have they given you the devils contraption to breathe into?

I think we tend to mix issues up. Personality disorders are a major problem in and of itself. What does it have to do with Warfarin and INR stability. Wouldn't the same affect cancer treatment, diabetes...all chronic ailments? Wouldn't homelessness cause the same issues? If you can drink a...

I don't agree with your assumptions. 1. Jantoven IS Warfarin. Typical of generics, the active ingredients are the same the difference is in the inactive ingredients. Jantoven or Coumadin are brand names. The active medication is Warfarin. 2. If you have TIA on warfarin it means your...

What are you saying about McD? That special sauce on the burgers...genius. whatever part of the chicken those nuggets come from...they should have patented that. Then we get to their masterpiece...fries. Once you taste McD fries you have a benchmark for all fries in your life...you...

I love my Metoprolol. Let's see I take Fish Oils, Niacin, Red Yeast Rice, L-Citrulline, Warfarin, K2, Vitamin D, Coq 10, Statins.... I usually have a handful of pills to swallow so I have morning and evening mouthfuls. BP 107/75 Total Cholesterol 110 (65 HDL) Heartbeat under 60 (I have seen 38...

Structural dysfunction, endocarditis, pannus are not restricted to mechanical valves. They are related to all valve surgery. Mechanical valves have no wear and tear that requires replacement. The point is bioprosthetics wear out and calcify over time and these other valve risks are in addition...

Mechanical IS forever. Whatever re-op you will need are NOT because of the valve but surgery related. If someone says the valve could be defective... Warfarin...well here is a stat to chew on. How many tissue valvers end up on warfarin anyway? Whatever anyone says, if you are under 60, there...

Scarring, pannus has nothing to do with the valve type but your body reaction. The sewing rings, the cutting...

How did you get this...possible another surgery at 78-88? What would be the cause for that? If it is mechanical valve related, explain. if it other than mechanical valve, then it should not be a factor.

The article is written by an Ob/Gyn? Does she have different professional interests?