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Hello VR community. Hope everyone is doing well. :) After being on Coumadin for 9 months (mechanical valve) I'm finally looking into doing my INR testing at home. What are your experiences with home testing? Which brand of home testing machines is good and which should I avoid? Are there...

Hello everyone, it's been a while since my last post, but I'm now 3 months post surgery and am doing well. Back at work and am going to the gym (lightly). My past few checkups have been good, both my cardiologist and physician say that everything sounds good, although my first post surgery...

So my AVR surgery on the 6th went well and I'm being discharged from New York Presbyterian tomorrow! Can't say enough good things about Dr Girardi and his team, the nurses, and the facilities here. I think the surgery was only about 4 hours with no problems. I was conscious and had the...

Hello, Although this is my first post, I've been reading these forums since I was diagnosed with a BAV in October '10 and wanted to give a big THANK YOU!! to all the posters and moderators - these forums have been a great source of information and comfort during this difficult time; it's so...