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Had my follow up appointments with my cardiologist and surgeon on Thursday. Everything looks good. i have been walking 5-6 miles a day so they don't think I need cardiac rehab. My surgeon is being pretty firm on no upper body exercise of any kind until week 8. My question is what are people...

Hey all, Well I officially got my day. I go in on the 2nd for a cath. stay the night and am operated on the 3rd. Two quick questions, I have 2 young girls 3 & 6. I am not worried about the 3 year old because she won't understand it but what do i say to the 6 year old? Am i better off starting...

Thank to everyone for all there feedback. I met with my surgeon yesterday and have decided to move ahead with the surgery. I will have the aneurism repaired and my BAV replaced with a St. Jude's. The decision for me at 40 was based on avoiding future operations as much as possible. The surgeon...

I am 40 and have a aortic aneurysm with a bicuspid valve. I am leaning towards mech. right not because of my age and wanting to avoid a 2nd open heart surgery. I am currently very active and have no symptoms. My concerns are limitations on anticoagulants. What have your experiences been with...

I know a lot of these questions are redundant based on the posts I have read but here we go. I am 40 next month, have an aneurism on the aortic root, & a bicuspid valve with a slight leak. Found via ECO 2004. Currently have no symptoms. It has steadly gotton worse. In Sept. I was 5.0. Next exam...