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Hi all Just back from the Cardiologist after having a three day holter monitor. Which found 2 things 1. I occasionally have extra / skipped beats ( that's how he described them) (im not too fussed on this) 2. He said that for 2 short periods i went into heart block. he asked if i had any...

Hi all! Just wasted to get some thoughts on an issue I've been having recently. At times i feel i'm having palpitations. Sometimes i feel them quite strongly other times not quite as bad However, my main query is when i'm having these palpitations, I can hear a difference in the clicking of my...

To my fellow mech valvers! Just wondering how many people actually notice the valves "clicking" of your valve, i notice quite constantly, do other people hear it all the time? only every now and then? Also, i hear in my left ear and mines in the mitral potion and was wondering if AVR...

Hi all anyone have experience with face shaving? my surgeon, cardiologist and GP have all said that i should avoid using a proper razor-blade razor due to wafarin. . Currently using an electric one. However, i miss the days of having a proper 100% clean shave and not having bits left behind...

Hi all! Me yet again! I had an INR today! It's been a bit all over the shop lately! INR done via vein draw via a pathology lab Today's INR was 1.9 and this time last week I had an INR of 3.7! Is it possible for a "dodgy test" to happen. Either too high it too low? No diet changes...

Posting yet another curiosity buster! I have a St Judes Mechanical Valve! MVR just wondering if anyone knows how much they actually cost? I live down under and coz of our system, I was never billed so never seen the cost of it. I'm curious because the medical marvels they are, they couldn't...

Hi all! St Judes Mechanical Valve in the mitral position. Implanted 7 months ago at 23 years of age. I'm just curious as to what it's actually made out of (stitches too) I've been told it's steel? Pretty narly to think I've got that sitting in my heart! Also, what are the life spans like...

This is more of a curiosity killer How to they actually get "inside" the heart to to replace the valve? I know they cut through the sternum and spread your ribs cage open to actually get to the heart but how do they actually get "inside" to cut away the old valve and Stich in the new one? MVR...

Hi all! Earlier this year I was diagnosed with sepsis and obviously hospitalised. After a few days searching they finnally found a vegetation of Staph Aureus, on my mitral valve along with mild regurgitation from said valve. (Via a TTE then TOE) MSSA and thankfully not MRSA. After two and...

Hi all! Have a question is it normal for INR to suddenly change dramatically. I had an MVR with a mechanical valve in March this year and since then getting me a constant dose of Warfarin had been a task. Dosed by GP. Target INR 2.5 - 3.5 For a good period of time after surgery (maybe a...