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hi ive had 4 valve surgerys now and my last 2 were with 6 months due to a second hit of endocarditis- my 3 rd opp was big aortic mechanical with a konno procedure which is where they think i picked up endocarditis- my 4th was complicated due to the infection - however i now have 2 mech valves...

just had my echo all good both mech valve seated well no regurg but i noticed my mitral valve gradient is 8mmhg they dont seem bothered my surgery was complicated as it was my 4th with a root enlargement on the aortic, it was my 2nd hit of endocarditis - anyway just was curious what the average...

hey man i no how your feeling, ive had 4 heart valve surgery, the 3rd was big konno procedure and aortic in dec 2010 which i picked up endocarditis from for the 2nd time i spent from june 16 till october 3rd in hospital - i then had prothetic endorcarditis on both new mechanical and repaired...

for what its worth, ive had four replacment valve operations, the last 2 within 6 months due to endocarditis- the first because of endocarditis 25 years ago at 16, the last surgery having to undo a konno procedure replacing the aortic mechanical and replaceing the mitral- this time was big and...

hi Mandy, ive been there twice, i had endorcarditis when i was 16 , i had homograph valve and was lucky it lasted 24 years, with in that time i had my mitral repaired also due to the damage. 2010 i have the homograph replaced with a mechanical ats , the mitral at that stage was great and not...

Hi all following my old post I have got endocsrditis and I'm gutted after a week of chills and sweats the blood tests were positive so I'm back at st georges I'n london this is my second time with this nasty tricky bug I had noticed I felt off for a week or two before the sweats came it appears...

Hi everyone, since last friday iv had raised temp 38/ cold chills and generally feeling off,(how it mimics flu..)! but no other cold type symptoms so my doc done the routeen stuff cultures and full blood count... esr was 40- something else was 35 and my iron/hg 128 which was changed to 133 plus...

Hi this last week ive felt a bit short of breath, no swelling of ankles or high tempreture my surgery was 22nd dec mech valve ats , do any of you guys have days like that where you feel a bit short of breath, im on bisoprolol and irbesartan , i also feel more tierd this time round than...

yep ! been there, yep ! been there, im 16 weeks since my last opp and it was my 3rd and i have days when im annoyed and fed up too, i now have a mechanical valve now but up to then it was tissue, so the warfrin thing although not a major pain just remembering i must take it annoys me a bit...

flutter..... due to have an abaltion for flutter on 25th, anyone had this procedure and did it work........ any info would be great thanks

Hi Everyone, im 9 weeks post opp, although this was my 3rd opp it seems alot harder to recover than i remember, i am back at work and exercising but mentally feel a bit low has anyone else suffered this, 2 weeks ago i flipped into flutter which there gona sort in 2 weeks, im also taking 2.5 mg...

Hi everybody, im 8 weeks today since my avr ats open pivot, went to see my cardio ecg looked good went home quite happy , the doc was happy, talked about coming of bisoprolol in 4 months got home went into flutter! which feels like it may be af today, you just cant believe it... went to have...

hi , anyone on here taken clotamin, multivitimin for people on blood thinners, also prior to surgery i was taking coq10 but my inr clinic has told me not to, im thiniking i may start after a few months when everthing settles down and my inr becomes stable, i am a home tester so that helps...

hi every one, so im 3 weeks post opp and have a feww things still not quite right, 2 days ago i had a few blood tests done, over the lat week ive had a few night sweats, spoke to my cardio and he did full blood test and cultures, one of the blood tests came back with a raised crp level, hes not...

hi people, ive been home a few days now, my surgery was on the 22nd and i ended up with a konno prodecure and ats mech valve. my original homograph was 18mm and i got a 25mm ats . no major problems,picked up a cold which have made things a bit tricky. one question, although this is my 3rd opp...

Hey people, my surgery is booked for the 22nd, so the countdown is on..... i originally thought i was having corevalve, which isnt the case now.. so the plan is mechanical valve with possible root enlargement, although this is my 3rd time..it dont get any easier... the hospital here love ats...

Hey people, can anyone give me some info regarding aortic root enlargment, i will no this week exactly whot the plan for me will be, i may have corevalve procedure, or if not a mechanical valve with root enlargment as my aortic valve is 18mm which sounds a bit of a worry, the corevlave is a...

hey troops, so went to hospital this week for my angio which seems good had a ct scan also which looks all ok, Toe to come, however the problem may be that i have a small homograph 18mm size and because of the mitral repair there is not alot of room to play with, so this is why they have...

Hi troops thanks for your replies.... all welcomed and valued... my research into corevalves is quite interesting as it would apear they have the edge in this market, it was designed by a french surgeon and was developed in the states, edwards is trying to catch up but there valve is based on...

Hi troops, met with my surgeon yesterday, and i may have 2 options to replace my homograph aortic valve, the first would be mechanical -which we have decided on a ats open pivot if i go this route, the hestitation on this option was that 8 years ago he repaired my mitral valve and used a ring...