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I got my echo results back and after looking over the copy I got, I noticed for the first time that paradoxycal septal motion was noted. I had never seen this before and the cardio doing the evaluation was pretty detailed on this echo since there were concerns about the aortic root...which the...

Since I never get on my computer at home on the weekends...I just wanted to tell ya Happy B-Day Mary!!! It's funny that the other day I was lurking around the site and said to myself...self, it's almost Mary's B-Day...instead of, wow, it is going to be 3 years since I had AVR. I am going to...

I am not sure if this thread should go in Heart Talk or New Advancements so feel free to move this thread if need be Ross. Anywho, I went for my six month check-up earlier this week and once again everything looks good and is back to normal. My cardio did ask me if I wanted to switch my Coreg...

i'm not sure how long this has been around but i guess it is new in north texas. it caught my attention since the surgeon that did my avr is doing this new procedure. i did not experience any a-fib issues after surgery but it was explained to me younger patients have a lower...

so it has been a little over 7 months since i had my avr and my heart just passed a really big test. my beloved TEXAS LONGHORNS are national champions!!!!!! i thought i was going to have to take an extra dose of coreg last night to get my heart rate back down...lol being born and raised in...

just curious here....i see everyone talking about a tee before surgery and i never paid attention to it since my surgeon did not talk about doing one before surgery. he also did not think it was necessary to do the cath test thingy since my ct scan showed enough. but after my follow up with my...

sorry for not posting the day before surgery...there were problems with the link and i had to be at the hospital at 5:30am last tuesday morning. well in a nutshell here it is....went under around 7:30 may 31 and was released saturday june 4 at 11:00am. could have gone home friday afternoon or...

I was born with a heart murmur which basically is a bicuspid valve. I am 5'9 and weigh 158 and 31 years old. I'm in great shape and work out about 3 to 4 times a week with cardio and weight lifting. I am not showing any signs of fatigue...well none that are obvious to me...since I was born...