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I had my aortic valve repaired ~2.5 years ago at age 33. It was a unique procedure that recreated leaflets with pericardium. My echo in January showed moderate regurgitation and an enlarged left ventricle, ie, time to start thinking about a new valve. I was disappointed with that news, but it...

Just going to chime in here on the Ozaki. My operation was ~ 8 hours and was fairly complicated. I also still have mild regurge. Valve repair/Ozaki type procedures are very unique to you specific valve. I have a unicuspid so one section was reused and two others were created and added. My only...

Yes the left ventricle was slightly enlarged

COFirefighter, I had some similar symptoms as you. I couldn't sleeping on my left side and running pace was getting very slow. I was noticing a lot of fatigue at the end of the day also. I just couldn't stay awake after 9:30 PM. I'm 34 and I'd been tracking my BAV for ~5 years. Once it got to...

Happy to hear the good news! I had an Ozaki ~ 4 months ago and am pretty well recovered. I also went from severe to mild regurgitation and hope that it stays that way. I didn't have elevated BP but I remember my heartbeat feeling "stronger" the first week or so until I adjusted. Fluid...

My doc encouraged me to get a second opinion. I know Cleveland Clinic lets you send your data to them and can review remotely.

Patrick, In a nutshell I asked the surgeon to perform the repair if he felt there was a good chance it'd last 20+ years. He wouldn't outright say the repair would definitely last 20 as there is no published data of that length but felt it had a pretty good shot. If I were you I'd try to talk...

A good reference on aortic valve repair: http://jscottrankinmd.com/aortic.html

Hello all, First - thanks to all for sharing your stories and info on this forum. It's been a great resource for me over the past few months as I prepared for surgery. I'm 33 and am 8 weeks out from having a valve repair performed on a severely regurgitating aortic valve. I had this done at WVU...