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Looking for a medical ID bracelet, I found this website with really nice looking medical ID bracelets and ordered a few. Quality is excellent. N-styleid.com has many attractive medical bracelets of various designs and price ranges...very affordable ones. I thought I'd pass this on to those of...

I'm trying to find a new cardiologist to see in Sacramento or Davis. If you know of an excellent cardio with expertise in heart valve disease in this area or nearby, please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help. MrP

Are statins really necessary for me? I have high cholesterol for sure (over 200 LDL), but nuclear imaging studies show my coronary arteries are squeaky clean like a baby's. I am four years post-op after BAV replacement with mechanical valve and ascending aortic aneurysm resected and replaced...

A friend w/ Marfans will be meeting w/ his surgeon this Monday and having surgery on Thur at Stanford to replace his aortic valve (homograft from surgery 10 years ago) and correct aneurysms and dissection of his aorta. He's concerned about the noise of a mechanical valve and would greatly...

I found an article in which aortic regurgitation and chest pain are discussed and thought I'd share this with those of you interested...see excerpts below. Some of us had chest pains (sometimes sharp chest pains on the order of seconds) that were no longer present after AVR and resection of...

AllForDad's surgery was this past Wed...any word on how he's doing?

How did Joe's surgery go today? Any news? MrP

I know there are alot of believers in the power of prayer in this forum. A cute little 7 year-old girl in Austin, Texas had surgery today to save her leg after a bad car accident two days ago, and she needs all your help. Her name is Marly.

Does anyone know whether or not a broken blood vessel in my eye as a result of high blood pressure (and coumadin) is a symptom I should be concerned about? Yesterday I drove about 10 hours across the country for the second day in a row. Both of my eyes were strained from this driving and...

For those interested, here's a link to an interesting article about research to identify the gene associated with bicuspid aortic valve disease. Researches at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas reported in July 2005 they discovered a mutation in a gene called notch1 results in aortic valve...

I'm interested to know if any of you who had surgery for bav and ascending aneurysm needed to have a reoperation for another aneurysm. What symptoms, if any, did you have before the second operation and how long after your first operation did you first start having symptoms and how long after...