Karen
Well-known member
Yesterday I posted a question in a thread by Nigella that has been bumped off the New Post page.
According to several of you, aspirin therapy is "standard procedure" following valve replacement. My question is, is that true for tissue valves as well as for mechanic valves? And what would happen in the case of a person being allergic to aspirin? I am allergic to aspirin. My valve replacement is still years away. But as I've gone back and forth in my own mind on the debate for the kind of valve that would be best for me, I'd thought that maybe I should more seriously consider a tissue valve to avoid the aspirin with coumadin issue. However, somehow I thought coumadin is, in one sense, an alternative to aspirin. But many of you say that you take both. Many times I find myself leaning toward the choice for a mechanical valve, if I would have to take coumadin (instead of aspirin) anyway, with a tissue valve. But what substitutions are there for aspirin, if the aspirin serves a different purpose than the coumadin?
'Appreciate some info... thanks.
Karen
According to several of you, aspirin therapy is "standard procedure" following valve replacement. My question is, is that true for tissue valves as well as for mechanic valves? And what would happen in the case of a person being allergic to aspirin? I am allergic to aspirin. My valve replacement is still years away. But as I've gone back and forth in my own mind on the debate for the kind of valve that would be best for me, I'd thought that maybe I should more seriously consider a tissue valve to avoid the aspirin with coumadin issue. However, somehow I thought coumadin is, in one sense, an alternative to aspirin. But many of you say that you take both. Many times I find myself leaning toward the choice for a mechanical valve, if I would have to take coumadin (instead of aspirin) anyway, with a tissue valve. But what substitutions are there for aspirin, if the aspirin serves a different purpose than the coumadin?
'Appreciate some info... thanks.
Karen