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After much Googling ,there does not seem to be consistent data of life expectancy after AVR. Some say 10 - 20 years others say no change. ???
SumoRunner said:Here's the "official" formula to the best of my knowledge.
(Average national life expectancy) - (age at AVR)
dick0236 said:When I had my surgery the docs told me that I WOULD NOT live past 40 without corrective surgery but that I PROBABLY WOULD live close to normal life expectancy with corrective surgery. In 1967 life expectancy was about age 73. I am now almost 72 and very much alive and kicking. Docs no longer pay a lot of attention to the valve. They now focus on colesterol, hi blood pressure, prostrate screening and all the other stuff that goes with "old age". My doc joked recently that sooner or later something would "put me under" but it problably would not be the valve.
On a serious note, life expectancy is shortened by inaction regarding a corrective treatement plan.
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