“Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis… Do I Have A Disease?” Asks Ellen http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/05/31/bicuspid-aortic-stenosis/#comment-10241 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:34:40 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/05/31/bicuspid-aortic-stenosis/#comment-10241 Ellen, Yes, you have a heart disease, but rest assured that it is treatable! I had the same thiing: a biscupid aortic heart valve that began to calcify (stenosis). When a heart valve calcifies it cannot open sufficiently to allow proper blood flow. Find a good heart doctor that you like now! Have your heart checked regularly because the calcification can happen quickly in some patients. I put off seeing my heart doctor at the beginning of my stenosis and be the time I saw him again it was time to find a heart surgeon and schedule heart surgery because the calcification had advanced so quickly. I am not trying to scare you, but you need to find a heart doctor that communicates well and one that you like, so you can get the information you need. I had aortic heart valve replacement surgery Sept. 2nd, and it went very smoothly and I was back up and going quicker than I thought. Adam's book is a great resource, and so is this web site. Keep asking questions throughout this whole process - you will feel better having communicated with folks that have already gone through this. There are a lot of us out here! Sarah Ellen,
Yes, you have a heart disease, but rest assured that it is treatable! I had the same thiing: a biscupid aortic heart valve that began to calcify (stenosis). When a heart valve calcifies it cannot open sufficiently to allow proper blood flow. Find a good heart doctor that you like now! Have your heart checked regularly because the calcification can happen quickly in some patients. I put off seeing my heart doctor at the beginning of my stenosis and be the time I saw him again it was time to find a heart surgeon and schedule heart surgery because the calcification had advanced so quickly. I am not trying to scare you, but you need to find a heart doctor that communicates well and one that you like, so you can get the information you need.

I had aortic heart valve replacement surgery Sept. 2nd, and it went very smoothly and I was back up and going quicker than I thought. Adam’s book is a great resource, and so is this web site.

Keep asking questions throughout this whole process - you will feel better having communicated with folks that have already gone through this. There are a lot of us out here!

Sarah

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