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Cleared by my cardiologist. Huh carb diets also linked to stenosis

With no carbs and no fat, you die. The key to keto os That’s based on a crap rat study. They also have similar studies showing improved heart function on a ketogenic diet. In fact, that is measureable for me. I have regular ct scans and cardiac MRIs. My EF has improved on a ketogenic diet. I...

I got help from ADHD and numerous other conditions (diabetes, excema, massive inflammation, sleep disorders) with the opposite diet—a 100% animal-based ketogenic diet. I also found magnesium useful.

My cardiologist had mentioned 5.5 before. I am 5’11... 4.4 just seems scary

5.5 just seems so big... a family member just survived a descending rupture. My ascending rupture is around 4.4cm. Seeing what happened to him is terrifying to me. I feel like even 4.4 is large.

Vitamin D needs vitamin K (specifically K2) to clear calcium

I am one of those patients with no other treatment :(

Did you have left ventricular noncompaction? That's supposed to be the cause of my cardiomyopathy, not the bicuspid valve. I am not sure how replacing the valve and aorta will have much bearing on that, but I'd love to hear it. While an EF of 51% sounds close to the "normal" of 55%, the normal...

I lift in the 12-15 rep range now, rather than the 5-8 that I used to. With diabetes, I need the lean muscle mass.

I have to speak with my cardiologist in a month. In my previous visit with my previous cardiologist (he left the practice and moved states), he seemed to think surgery was 10-20+ years away. He also told me my aortic diameter was 39mm, but this MRI said 42mm, with the previous actually being 41...

I still do, yes. I haven't yet talked to my cardiologist since the latest MRI.

Apparently 11% of those with BAV have left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy

I just had a new mri done. My left-ventricular noncompaction is causing cardiomyopathy. My LV ejection fraction is down to 51%. I will ask in my next appointment in a month whether there are previous readings to baseline, but I feel like this is pretty bad news overall. It feels as if I’m...

I am much more scared of the recovery--specifically nutritional conflicts--and stroke risk than I am of the surgery itself.

It seems very similar to my situation. Mine is 3.9--also at the top end of "normal" for my size. Mine was discovered last year (I am 37). I see a cadiologist now, who did a cardiac MRI to get a better picture (and found some noncompaction, which they don't understand well). Basically, with BAV...

I have diabetes and flat feet

Doc said I could not lift any weights such that it caused holding breath or failure to lift--it raises blood pressure too high. He said to lift such that I did sets of 12-15 repetitions instead of what I used to do for building muscle: sets of 3-5 repetitions. The risk factor isn't stenosis...

I agree! I am in no hurry for surgery. The frustrating thing will be the degeneration and increasing risk over time. I used to lift heavy weights--now i can't. That is the only immediate change to my life.

Doctor thinks 15-20 years

Well, the MRI results came in and confirmed the ECG, but added a diagnosis of left ventricular noncompaction, for which there seems to be very little information for me to learn about. Otherwise, I have no aortic stenosis, mild aortic regurgitation, and an aortic diameter of 3.9, which they...