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The link is to an abstract published in the AHA journal "Circulation". It makes interesting reading. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.10712

This is a question for people with either of these, I do not have one. I ask this question as I have a car with a keyless operation system and the owner’s manual has a specific warning regarding these. That is as follows. People with implantable cardiac pacemakers of defibrillators should not go...

I have attached a link to an article where the busiest heart surgery group in the world, located in India is targeting getting the cost of heart surgery down to $800 for some procedures...

I have attached a link below to an interesting article on security flaws in pacemakers and defibrillators that render them vulnerable to remote malicious hacking. This apparently is a known problem and has been acknowledged in a recent US government report...

Last night there was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake centred about 100 kilometres (60miles) East of Melbourne. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb000ajek.php#details Living in a geologically stable part of the world this is only the second I have experienced in Melbourne...

I am concerned it is a little slow around here recently due to a certain site that appears to be recruiting members from VR.ORG. I hope fellow VR members are not leaving us permanently. :confused2:

Attached is a link to research on long term warfarin use and older males. http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/6422.html It may be of interest to some members. :)

I have a tissue valve so it is not an issue for me. I was curious how our older folk like me 46 explain valve noise of mechanical valves to new partners. :confused: I know most of our older middle aged members are long married so isn't an issue.

An interesting story about a new technique for replacing the ascending aorta without the need for any time off the heart lung machine. :) It was performed recently in Melbourne for the first time. The newspaper article actually had a series of diagrams how it was done...

The recovery is now complete. Rewind 16 months Nov 2004 I was in hospital with class IV heart failure to sick to receive the Ross that was planned for. Today had my follow up and the cardio advises that my heart has completely returned to normal and should be good for many years to come until...

I found an interesting article the UK medical journal The Lancet concerning the beta blockers and the increased risk of stroke after it was referred to in one of our Australian news papers, unfortunately I am not a subscriber to Lancet so I have only included the portion of the article. I...

All this talk of snow has me longing for winter. The last day of the year and the first over 40C. Today was a balmy 43C or 109F in Melbourne. :rolleyes: This doesn't look good with the two hottest months Jan and Feb still to come. I think it is going to be a bad fire season. :( At least I can...

After my AVR the doctors were enthusiastic on getting me out of hospital as soon as possible to avoid infection of my new valve. We all know about hospitals being repositories of particularly virulent infections. For medical staff (Nurses/Doctors) that work in the hospital sector that may have...

The gene (NOTCH1) that causes BAV appears to have been identified. A media release on the Southwestern Medical Centre contains the details of the story. I have included a link below. http://www8.utsouthwestern.edu/utsw/cda/dept37389/files/232826.html I have also included a link on this gene...

I have been a regular reader of ValveReplacement.Com since mid 2004 before my AVR. So I thought I may as well stop being a voyeur and jump in at the deep end and become a member. This is my first post so promise to be gentle with me. :)