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valve lifetime / blood pressure
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Hi All Met with the surgeon on Friday, she said a couple of things that surprised me. I've not seen her before, think she may have been a registrar. Anyway she said that mechanical valves have a…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Joanne Stratton Dec 16, 2010.

AVR / Aortic Root Replacement
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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…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by saz123 Aug 7, 2010.

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Joanne Stratton replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
Hi John, yes I've had 2 valve replacement ops.  I had my aortic valve (& root) replaced in Oct 2008 & then I got a shiny new, mechanical, mitral valve in Oct this year.  It wasnt supposed to quite work out like this!  Its…
Dec 16, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
Yeah i guess when it comes to this kind of stuff there's now way they'll give a guarantee, its not like your car breaking down.   Blimey one of each, good grief, presumably that was 2 separate operations? We're they far apart?
Dec 14, 2010
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Joanne Stratton replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
I've been told that there's no lifetime guarantee for mechanical valves & this is because there's not enough evidence to support that they'll last forever (but chances are they will!)  I'm 39 & have just had a…
Dec 13, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to Bruce Blanchette's discussion 'Life Insurance'
Hi Bruce   I've had no luck at all and have now pretty much given up, however i don't yet have a MHV, just waiting for the right time, but had repair surgery when I was 10, now 38. Tried to get LI it when I first got a mortgage 8…
Dec 13, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
Hi Graeme Thanks for the reply, can't get back to see here, but am now letting what she said slide a little, it contradicts what i've generally heard.   HBP can be caused by worrying about your HBP eh...hmmm, have you been talking to…
Dec 13, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
Hi Richard   This is whats puzzling me, i do, or don't do, all of these things, could exercise more and quite stressed but HBP at 38 worries me. Got a Drs appointment for Thursday so we'll see what he says.
Dec 13, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
Out of shape!!! yikes, that is scary. Fortunately, if that is the right expression, i've been on regular check ups pretty much since birth so have had tons of opinions, they've all tallied fortunately. Doesn't mean i'm not out of…
Dec 13, 2010
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Graeme replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
30 years for a mechanical heart valve...I don't think so! STRONGY suggest yo uget clarification from the person who said this..otherwise all the other specialists (including mine!) are telling us a load of 'porky pies'  The…
Dec 13, 2010
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Richard Deal replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
this is an interesting one for me as my surgeon told me when he fitted my mechanical aortic valve that generally they are replaced every 30 or so years due to "wear and tear". this means for me that I am looking at having at least one…
Dec 13, 2010
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Joel Hebrink replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
John,    I've heard of a 20 year life span on tissue valves, but the testing data I've read for my St. Jude's mechanical valve reports a mean failure value of about 300 years.  One thing I would share from experience,…
Dec 12, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
Thanks for the reply Deryck, the mech valve info is reassuring and as i thought/hoped. The blood pressure stuff is very usefull, certainly no harm in making a few changes here and there and i'll see what the dr says on Friday.   Many thanks
Dec 12, 2010
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Deryck Muehlhauser replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'valve lifetime / blood pressure'
Hi John, The 25-30 year lifespan you were given seems to be inaccurate compared with this article.  I was told that my St Jude aortic valve had a "Lifetime" guarantee...I was 72 at the time it was replaced.  Other sources listed…
Dec 12, 2010
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valve lifetime and blood pressure

Hi All Met with the surgeon on Friday, she said a couple of things that surprised me. I've not seen her before, think she may have been a registrar. Anyway she said that mechanical valves have a limited lifespan, poss 25-30 years! I thought these things would see us all out! (NB don't actually have one yet) She said they do undertake mech valve replacements but i was thinking that was becuase 30 year old valves are not as sophisticated as modern version, thinking materails, operation…See More
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saz123 replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'AVR / Aortic Root Replacement'
I am very fresh from my surgery(its 7 weeks now). I got my surgery done at Bristol (BHI) which I would undoubtedly say as a centre of excellence with regards to Cardiac procedures. I was admitted with a severe aortic stenosis regulation and dilated…
Aug 7, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'AVR / Aortic Root Replacement'
Hi Graeme Yeah I guess the limited lifestyle was a bit of a loaded question. I took up skydiving a number of years ago but test results showed things were getting worse. As a result the consultant and GP strongly advised against it as it would put…
Jul 5, 2010
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John Norfolk replied to John Norfolk's discussion 'AVR / Aortic Root Replacement'
Hi Graeme Yeah I guess the limited lifestyle was a bit of a loaded question. I took up skydiving a number of years ago but test results showed things were getting worse. As a result the consultant and GP strongly advised against it as it would put…
Jul 5, 2010

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At 6:01am on April 29, 2010, Richard DealRichard Deal said…
hey john,
welcome to the group! you are definitely in the right place for support... let us know a bit more of your story and don't be scared to contribute to some of the existing topics.
take care,
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