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Rick W
Hello to all my good friends at VR.
I was thrilled to find out that my coronary arteries are clear during my angiogram yesterday. Looks like my AVR surgery might be delayed for a little longer as the results for valve area and mean gradient pressure were better than revealed by my last ECHO. More good news, all the chamber volumes and pressures were also normal. What a relief knowing that the heart itself is in fine shape and AVR surgery will be that much less involved. What is really interesting here is that I have always had elevated cholesterol and triglycerides a good diet and exercise, but did not suffer any CAD. Just like Steve, I will be "wait around" just a little longer.
The cardiologist said I am at 0.9 cm2 and he won't be concerned until it gets below 0.8 cm2 but did not offer a timeline.
Also, I was surprised that the angiogram did not reveal whether I had a bicuspid valve or not. I would welcome any and all comments.
Rick
I was thrilled to find out that my coronary arteries are clear during my angiogram yesterday. Looks like my AVR surgery might be delayed for a little longer as the results for valve area and mean gradient pressure were better than revealed by my last ECHO. More good news, all the chamber volumes and pressures were also normal. What a relief knowing that the heart itself is in fine shape and AVR surgery will be that much less involved. What is really interesting here is that I have always had elevated cholesterol and triglycerides a good diet and exercise, but did not suffer any CAD. Just like Steve, I will be "wait around" just a little longer.
The cardiologist said I am at 0.9 cm2 and he won't be concerned until it gets below 0.8 cm2 but did not offer a timeline.
Also, I was surprised that the angiogram did not reveal whether I had a bicuspid valve or not. I would welcome any and all comments.
Rick