http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/#comment-5937 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:56:37 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/#comment-5937 And I would suppose the same sort of problem with calcified leaflets of the mitral valve, which is what I now have. I am also getting a review with Dr. Starnes at USC about my repair/replacement options. I have been told I could wait a year ... but I'm thinking ... this isn't something that is going to go away or even improve if left for a year. And I don't want the heart muscle to become any more enlarged than it is at this point. I pretty much have decided to have my surgery done ASAP after I hear from Dr. Adams in NY & Dr. Starnes in CA at USC. At age 55 replacement has been recommended so far, as the pig or cow valves are good for only 10 yrs. I don't want to do this more than I absolutely have too!! And I would suppose the same sort of problem with calcified leaflets of the mitral valve, which is what I now have. I am also getting a review with Dr. Starnes at USC about my repair/replacement options. I have been told I could wait a year … but I’m thinking … this isn’t something that is going to go away or even improve if left for a year. And I don’t want the heart muscle to become any more enlarged than it is at this point. I pretty much have decided to have my surgery done ASAP after I hear from Dr. Adams in NY & Dr. Starnes in CA at USC. At age 55 replacement has been recommended so far, as the pig or cow valves are good for only 10 yrs. I don’t want to do this more than I absolutely have too!!

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