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Joanne Stratton

One valve or two? 4 Replies

Hi all   I'm new on here & looking for any advice/suggestions/support that anyone can offer.   I had an aortic root & aortic (tissue) valve replacement 2 years ago.  I now need a new mitral v…

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Started by Joanne Stratton in Living with a Mechanical Heart Valve. Last reply by Graeme Archer Sep 3.

Ariel Wolkowicki

exercise regime 6 Replies

what is your exercise regime? and do you miss any sports and what new exercises haveyou started doing?

Started by Ariel Wolkowicki in Living with a Mechanical Heart Valve. Last reply by Racer Aug 21.

Graeme Archer

Is your heart valve noisy ?? 47 Replies

Is it ever! - But I love it! YOUR thoughts and experiences in this discussion..how it affects you, your partner, sleeping with a mechanical heart valve, questions - any other points? Put it all down…

Tagged: artificial, tissue, noisy, mechanical, valve

Started by Graeme Archer in Living with a Mechanical Heart Valve. Last reply by joaquin cabrera Aug 12.

John Norfolk

AVR / Aortic Root Replacement 8 Replies

Met with my surgeon today to review the results of a recent MRI scan. I may cover my history in the blog section shortly but was recently looking at an aortic valve replacement, had a repair when I w…

Started by John Norfolk in Living with a Mechanical Heart Valve. Last reply by saz123 Aug 7.

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saz123

Any thoughts about using self check CoaguCheck device?

Anyone have any thoughts about CoagueCheck device? Or using its already and how do you find it a helpful, accurate or too expensive?

Posted by saz123 on September 6, 2010 at 5:41pm — 2 Comments

Joel Hebrink

Living with a "non-typical" heart.

When a cardiologist informed me in May of this year that I should have surgery to replace a leaky aortic valve and repair an ascending aortic and pulmonary aneurysm, at first I didn't give it much thought. At age 18 months (1962) I had a Blalock-Taussig Shunt (don't remember that one), and at age 8 (1969) I had my tetralogy of fallot repaired. I remember quite a lot of that procedure. I was able to live a relatively normal life. I participated in contact sports in high school, and really didn't… Continue

Posted by Joel Hebrink on July 26, 2010 at 10:05pm — 2 Comments

 
 
 

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