{"id":677,"date":"2009-01-07T09:26:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T14:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/01\/07\/inr-home-testing-machine-for-margaret\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T02:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:33:55","slug":"inr-home-testing-machine-for-margaret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/01\/07\/inr-home-testing-machine-for-margaret\/","title":{"rendered":"“INR Home Testing Machine For Margaret?” Asks Margaret"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patients selecting mechanical heart valve replacements<\/a> are typically required to monitor their INR levels (international normalized ratio) to prevent risks of blood clotting, hemorrhage or stroke.<\/p>\n

To ease this process, home INR testing machines are now becoming more affordable and easy-to-use. That said, here is a patient testimonial from Margaret R. about her experience with a home INR testing machine she just received:<\/p>\n

Dear Adam,<\/p>\n

I just wanted to let you and everyone else know that I received my INR home machine last week. I had a nurse from the company come to my home and train me on it. It’s just wonderful fast and easy, start-to-finish is less then a few minutes and only requires one drop of blood.<\/p>\n

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My doctor’s office has been great in getting me set up on the INR home test meter. My insurance company is paying for 80% of the rental cost and I pay 20% – which is only about $26.00 a month.<\/p>\n

This amount covers the cost of the rental unit plus supplies of the reader card and needles. If anyone else would like to try and get a home INR machine, here is what I did. I went online and Google’d INR home test machine. The search came up with many options and I called them requesting the forms. They then called my doctor’s office with the information and 4 weeks later it was done.<\/p>\n

I’m now enjoying a very long needed break to the veins in my arms and loving it.<\/p>\n

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