http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/10/18/common-age-for-bicuspid-aortic-valve-surgery/#comment-15984 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:10:51 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/10/18/common-age-for-bicuspid-aortic-valve-surgery/#comment-15984 Hello! If mechanical valves did not require Coumadin, just about everyone that could receive a mechanical valve would. I think even Mr. Pick would be clicking away like us mechanical recipients. So, the question is, can you live with the side effects of blood thinner? I was 38 years old when I received my ON-X mechanical valve in 2008. Life on Coumadin has been pretty uneventful, I test at home weekly and eat pretty much what I want. I realize that a catastrophic event could be harmful, but I believe that the possibility of never having surgery again and not compromising a healthy valve, was my major deciding factor. I am also in the ON-X study which should be done in a few years. The study will hopefully prove that high INR levels are not required for this particular valve. Thus minimizing a catastrophic event!!!! Hello!
If mechanical valves did not require Coumadin, just about everyone that could receive a mechanical valve would. I think even Mr. Pick would be clicking away like us mechanical recipients. So, the question is, can you live with the side effects of blood thinner? I was 38 years old when I received my ON-X mechanical valve in 2008. Life on Coumadin has been pretty uneventful, I test at home weekly and eat pretty much what I want. I realize that a catastrophic event could be harmful, but I believe that the possibility of never having surgery again and not compromising a healthy valve, was my major deciding factor. I am also in the ON-X study which should be done in a few years. The study will hopefully prove that high INR levels are not required for this particular valve. Thus minimizing a catastrophic event!!!!

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