http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/02/26/diagnosing-aortic-stenosis/#comment-16007 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:16:52 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/02/26/diagnosing-aortic-stenosis/#comment-16007 Oddly enough my bicuspid valve was not found until I was 59 years old and had an incident after running. After finding out that I had this, after takinng all the echo's and stress tests, I could look back at my life as a child and adult that showed the symptoms but no doctor ever caught it. I just grew up thinking that my shortness of breath and feeling like I was going to blackout at times was normal. I am glad that I know about it now and I take Toprol. I don't have high blood pressure but this med. helps the heart to relax when pumping back through. Oddly enough my bicuspid valve was not found until I was 59 years old and had an incident after running. After finding out that I had this, after takinng all the echo’s and stress tests, I could look back at my life as a child and adult that showed the symptoms but no doctor ever caught it. I just grew up thinking that my shortness of breath and feeling like I was going to blackout at times was normal. I am glad that I know about it now and I take Toprol. I don’t have high blood pressure but this med. helps the heart to relax when pumping back through.

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