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Hi, I am curious, for those of you with history of asthma and AVR who have had shortness of breath.. Are you able to differentiate between the two regarding a cause of the shortness of breath? Assuming an illness is not present to explain it. I have no audible wheezing, no frequent...

Hi all, I thought I would share this as I know many of us have had this experience and it is a frequent topic of conversation on this site. I am 35y/o and had an aortic root aneurysm repair and AVR with St. Jude mechanical valve in 2007. Over the past year or so I had begun to have daily...

Just curious if anyone has had similar experience? In my recent 'lament' I commented I had had 3 episodes of a brown circle developing in my left eye and blocking partial visual field in that eye alone.. the episode was less than a minute in length but has occured x3. So Cardiologist sent me...

Ok, I just need to vent for a minute! SO thanks in advance for anyone interested and willing to read through and hand over some good old advice/support etc... I am a 32 yr old single female just now s/p AVR and ablation of aortic root aneurysm. Postoperatively I did not feel depressed or...

Allright, So I echo'd Michelle's experience of chest pain postop and need to extend t his again to anyone.. perhaps as her responses have been minimal this means not many people experience this?? Ihave been having shooting/peircing pain from my neck down my right arm.. I have to be cautious...

Hello all, I was all ready today to post my pix with the shirt, however afer an hour or so I gave up :( I have the picture but seems it is too large to attach as a file, do you know how else I can post it? Thanks! Leah

Hello all, I was feeling the need to check in with you as soon as I got home to the computer but had to wait a few days for some coherent throughts ;) I had a BAV replacement (St.Judes) on 1/25 at The Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Surgery started in the early AM, and they were done...

I recently was scheduled for for BAV replacement and aneurysm repair and was told 3-4 weeks off after surgery for an administrative type job. Given that I, working as a nurse practitioner (32 years old), am on my feet most of the day, with children, I am curious when I should anticipate...

Hello, I am a new member to this forum. I am a 31 year old female who has bicuspid aortic valve wtih aortic root dilation and resulting aortic insufficiency. I have recently been having increase in sx (palpitations, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, fatigue, tachycardia..) I had a second...