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boomersooner
Hey everyone! It has been a while! I have a question. I had a BAV repair done last January. Right after surgery an echo was done and showed no leakage. I recently had another echo and it showed trace leakage. Is that normal? Can you expect your recently repaired valve to leak some that soon after surgery? The cardiologist said he can not hear any leaking at all and that is a very good sign, he can just see some on the echo. Also before I had surgery the cardiologist kept saying that my aorta was 43mm. When Dr. Ryan got in there during surgery he said is was only around 32mm but on the MRI?s and echoes they keep saying around 43mm. Who do I believe? Dr. Ryan is obviously an expert in this area so I tend to lean his way but it is still just concerning to have a surgeon and a cardiologist disagree on something that could be a serious issue. Plus Dr. Ryan actually got to see the aorta where as my cardiologist is just going off of an estimate from an MRI or an echo.
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!