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The original poster is still here. I come back to this page every day and I am thankful for those of you who have responded to my questions. Please keep in mind as a pre op patient I am trying to find out everything I can about my condition. More information, more insight, more shared...

Well, the good news is that I have selected a surgeon and will be replacing my aortic valve the first or second week of February. More and more, the trend seems to be towards tissue valves. I am having a bicuspid aortic valve replaced. I am 51 years old and my Current valve stats are .7 cm and...

I am in a very similar position as you are, pre-op 51 year old. As a child doctors told my parents I had a heart murmur. Nobody every bothered to explain it further. Advance to age 41 when my primary did not like the patterns on my EKG. She referred me to a cardiologist who ordered an Echo. It...

Many good responses here. Thank you for your input. My wife would probably disagree with my no symptom diagnosis. Stairs are more of a challenge, Chasing a dog will also quickly bring me into the anaerobic danger zone, not something I practice often however really whooped my ass. A slight dizzy...

After 13 years of being diagnosed with Aortic Stenosis my latest Echo came back with significant changes. I have watched my valve opening go from 1.5 to 1.0, and gradient from 20 to 40, then hold there for several years. My latest echo no shows the valve opening at .7 and the gradient at 60. I'm...

Thank you all for the replies to my first thread! A few additional questions. I believe I am leaning towards a mechanical valve. Question is, which manufacturer does everyone have, and are there some that are better than others? INR......... what does it measure and how often must you test? I...

OK so this is my first post. I am a 47 year old male. I had always known that I had a heart murmur, even as a young child. I was diagnosed with aortic stenosis in 2001. At that time the valve was at 1.5cm. It held there until the past few years, Two years ago 1.3cm. Now the valve opening is down...