Comments on: Calcified Aortic Valve Stenosis – What Is It? http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/ Former Patient And Author, Adam Pick, Blogs About Heart Valve Replacement And Heart Valve Repair Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ron http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/comment-page-1/#comment-39883 Ron Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:28:03 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/#comment-39883 Your site is very informative, I appreciate the way it's presented. I've had aortic stenosis my whole life, had my valve dilated surgically when I was a teen in the 80s, and looking at possible replacement at some point here. Thanks! Your site is very informative, I appreciate the way it’s presented. I’ve had aortic stenosis my whole life, had my valve dilated surgically when I was a teen in the 80s, and looking at possible replacement at some point here.
Thanks!

]]> By: mohit http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/comment-page-1/#comment-17501 mohit Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:20:38 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/#comment-17501 Hi Adam Good to know that your heart is still ticking :). I was diagnosed with aortic stenosis at age of 23 and had aortic valve replacement at that time. As such doctors did not find any cause of the calcification of my aeortic valve! Can you think of any reasons why aortic valve can become calcified? I am now 25 and as such all the studies online show that I can have another AVR in next 20 to 40 years. It would be good to know why my vavle deteriorated suddenly. Please rule out the following: Reumetic fever Arthritis Bicuspid valve Dental procedures Thaks mohit mohit dot akl at gmail dot com Hi Adam

Good to know that your heart is still ticking :) . I was diagnosed with aortic stenosis at age of 23 and had aortic valve replacement at that time. As such doctors did not find any cause of the calcification of my aeortic valve! Can you think of any reasons why aortic valve can become calcified? I am now 25 and as such all the studies online show that I can have another AVR in next 20 to 40 years. It would be good to know why my vavle deteriorated suddenly. Please rule out the following:
Reumetic fever
Arthritis
Bicuspid valve
Dental procedures

Thaks
mohit
mohit dot akl at gmail dot com

]]> By: gabie http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/comment-page-1/#comment-11062 gabie Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:36:27 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/#comment-11062 Hi, my sister underwent valve replacement surgury but once they opened her there was calcification and the surgeon closed her up and did nothing. Now we are awaitng surgury again, but this time in Toronto, Ontario, But now she has had trouble breathing, and a pacemaker was put in, also she has now a breathing tube , and ventilator. now she has developed a bit of pneumonia, she has to wait 2 weeks for the surgeon to come back from vacation to do the valve replacement in Toronto. I am worried she won't make it until then. What can we do ? very worried. Hi, my sister underwent valve replacement surgury but once they opened her there was calcification and the surgeon closed her up and did nothing.
Now we are awaitng surgury again, but this time in Toronto, Ontario,
But now she has had trouble breathing, and a pacemaker was put in, also she has now a breathing tube , and ventilator. now she has developed a bit of pneumonia, she has to wait 2 weeks for the surgeon to come back from vacation to do the valve replacement in Toronto. I am worried she won’t make it until then. What can we do ?
very worried.

]]> By: Cindy Tarver http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/09/10/calcified-aortic-valve-stenosis/comment-page-1/#comment-5937 Cindy Tarver 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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