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davidwattsjr
Very glad to have found this board. Appreciate the good information all of you post out here.
I'm 35 years old. Just diagnosed with aortic insufficiency. Probable bicuspid valve.
Am supposed to see a cardiovascular surgeon tomorrow - but wondered if any of you could tell me how my echocardiogram results compared with yours... am I worse, or better? Trying of course to get some sense for how likely surgery will be for me... and how soon if ever?
Echo shows mild concentric left ventricular hypertrophy - 1.3cm. The aortic root is also mildly dilated. At the sinuses its 4.1 cm and 3.9 cm at the annulus.
Interpreting MD says "moderately severe aortic insufficiency - with probable bicuspid valve."
Symptom wise, just having some shortness of breath upon exertion, some fatigue, and a little bit of light-headedness sometimes.
Anyway - any opinions - based on your experiences would be great... anybody have similar echo results - and avoided surgery, or was advised to have surgery?
Many thanks in advance for your thoughts.
David.
I'm 35 years old. Just diagnosed with aortic insufficiency. Probable bicuspid valve.
Am supposed to see a cardiovascular surgeon tomorrow - but wondered if any of you could tell me how my echocardiogram results compared with yours... am I worse, or better? Trying of course to get some sense for how likely surgery will be for me... and how soon if ever?
Echo shows mild concentric left ventricular hypertrophy - 1.3cm. The aortic root is also mildly dilated. At the sinuses its 4.1 cm and 3.9 cm at the annulus.
Interpreting MD says "moderately severe aortic insufficiency - with probable bicuspid valve."
Symptom wise, just having some shortness of breath upon exertion, some fatigue, and a little bit of light-headedness sometimes.
Anyway - any opinions - based on your experiences would be great... anybody have similar echo results - and avoided surgery, or was advised to have surgery?
Many thanks in advance for your thoughts.
David.