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I'm 32 yrs old, 6'1" 190lbs and pretty active. I was born with BAV, pretty much no symptoms until a month or so before surgery. I had my aortic valve replaced on tuesday morning, surgery was way above and beyond most others. I was in surgery for just over 3 hours and was awake and consious...

Valve is 1.2cm and my aorta is 4.8cm. going in for my angiogram on wednesday. I hade all of my wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago and experienced "going under" for the first time. Dr. ask my name, I gave it to him then I blinked and it was done and I was ready to go home. no pain, little achy, but...

I have a BAV at 1.3cm with mild to severe stenosis that my cardiologist wanted to watch every 6 months with an expected replacement when things started to deteriorate. did a CT scan and said they found a 4.8 cm aneurysm so I guess that means now is the time. getting a angiogram scheduled in a...

I was born with BAV and havn't been to a Dr. in years, decided to finally go in since the little voice in my head wouldn't shut up about it. I had to see a general physician first to be referred to a regular cardiologist since I did not have one. My blood pressure was 120 over 60 my blood work...

just got a call from my doc and she says aortic valve at 1.3 cm with stenosis of the aorta. she assumes I'm probably looking at surgery within a matter of months, and is reffering me to one of the St. Alexis cardiologists to review everything. On a lighter note she said if it wasn't for the...

first off I am so relieved to have found this forum, just a couple hours of reading has helped with alot of my worries. I'm 32 years old and was born with a bicuspid aortic valve. I had angioplasty (baloon) surgery when I was 10 years old (1989), and was back outside playing football and...