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It was ten years ago this week that I had my aortic valve replaced with a St Judes mechanical valve. The time has gone fast and the 10 years have been mainly uneventful. Still have leakage around the suture line in the mild to moderate category that may require a second surgery one day...

AVR surgery 8 years ago today. Am still doing well and the leaking around the suture line has diminished over the last several years. The surgery was truly a miracle for me.

My St. Jude aortic valve is 7 years old today. I was fortunate to have an uneventful surgery and recovery. And so far...no problems with coumadin. I have some leakage with the sutures...which got fairly serious a couple years ago. However...this has partly closed up again. So...I am hoping any...

My friend Karen died this morning during surgery to install a pacemaker. She was not a member of the forum...but she was a fellow valver. Her heart valve was damaged many years ago by a virus. She had AVR surgery in April. She had some complications...some bleeding issues and also ended up...

The 4th year anniversary of my aortic valve replacement with a St Jude valve has come and gone...but no celebration this year. A year ago all was well...just a small amount of leakage. But...over the last year...major leakage has developed and I have to get another valve replacement. Sometime...

Had St. Judes AVR 3-years ago. Things have gone well since the surgery...I feel 10-years younger. :) I had surgery to repair aortic coarctation in 1963 when I was 10-years old at University of Minnesota hospital. Surgeons were some of the pioneers of OHS...Varco and Lillehei. Quite a...