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My husband is 36 and had his aortic valve & ascending aorta replaced almost 4 years ago, in Oct 2010. He was born with a bicuspid aortic valve. Prior to surgery, his heart rate & blood pressure were normal. After surgery, his heart rate was always high (low to mid 100's I think) at rest...

Hello all, My 34 year old husband had an AVR in 2010 (mechanical valve). He was born with a bicuspid AV. Yesterday his heart was racing at rest (130-140), tightness in chest, shortness of breath, some sharp pains. Obviously we went to ER, they did EKG and diagnosed a "Left Bundle Branch...

My husband, 34 years old, had his aortic valve replaced in October 2010. He also had about 5 inches of his ascending aorta replaced with a graft. About 4 months ago, he began suffering from daily headaches, lightheadedness, periodic numbness on one side of his face, and about 2 weeks ago the...

Hello, This is my first post. My husband had an aortic valve replacement done Oct 29 (On-X valve) and his aorta was replaced up to the arch with a Dacron graft. He is 33 (congenital bicuspid valve). His recovery was complicated by a lot of fluid in the lungs so he is on lasix. His heart rate is...