Hockey Heart
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Is it true that with a Mechanical Valve, your chance of stroke increases by 3% each year?
Scott, for those with tissue valves here are facts on reops
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801951/
by the way where are the baby pics :thumbup:
it's an interesting study but it is just 53 patients who were operated (3rd or 4th OHS) upon from 1985 through 2006 in 1 hospital in Turkey. Alot has changed in OHS from the 80s or even 90s until now.
If you go 25 years without having a stroke you probably have the same chance of having a stroke as someone who has just had a new mechanical valve.
Hockey Heart;n40265 said:Is it true that with a Mechanical Valve, your chance of stroke increases by 3% each year?
LondonAndy;n886891 said:...see this report from our National Institute of Clinical Excellence, that was published in 2014.
Protimenow;n886897 said:Weekly self testing may be the most effective way to prevent thromboembolic events (TIAs or strokes). As mentioned earlier, doctors like to call TIAs - even the most minor ones - strokes.
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