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Hi there! I'm just shy of 3 weeks post op. In the hospital I went into AFIB and was given amiodarone along with magnesium, potassium, and metoprolol. Boom, AFIB gone (ish). Back home, PACs (in the form of bigeminy mainly) like to haunt me along with maybe just a few short episodes of AFIB. My...

Less than 24hrs till "showtime" at Mayo Clinic, in Minnesota. Dr. Dearani will be preforming my OHS to replace an aortic valve and ascending aneurysm up to the arch. Plan is to go with the on-x mechanical valve. I gotta say, the nerves are getting more real now! I think my main fear is the...

Hi all! I'm a 29 year old male with a bicuspid aortic valve along with an ascending aortic aneurysm (5.2 cm). I am pretty active, I just finished my first half marathon today too! At 6' 240lbs I gotta say I'm pretty happy I finally pulled it off! I work a very cushy job in the oilfield up in...