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After receiving completely conflicting info from my previous cardio I decided it was time for a change. The last Echo I had at that small cardiology group was done by a tech that was not even certified, and it was obvious to me that he was not very experienced. The new cardio is in a large...

Following the good advice of many people on this forum I got copies of my most recent Echo reports for my records -- here are some of the highlights. AVA 2007 1.5 cm2 2008 1.4 cm2 6/2009 0.9 cm2 12/2009 1.0 cm2 GRADIENTS 2007 12/18 mmHg...

Thanks for all the welcoming posts. I am so glad that you are all back here on the forum -- believe me, you were missed. From reading your posts I see that many of you travel quite a distance to have your surgery. I have been mulling over my options about that. Our regional hospital in...

Another new member -- playing the waiting game. My story is that I was diagnosed with BAV 10 years ago, at age 60. From reading the posts I can see that I have a few years on most of you (quite a few years in many cases). My echo done a year ago showed a valve area of 1.4 cm2, and the echo...