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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

Member Since: January 27, 2022

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Heather Kelly got a guestbook from Heidi Donohue

3 years ago (January 27, 2023)

thanks for much for your recent words they have been a comfort to me. By the way kind of confused you had AVR? Isn't this a mechanical valve? But you decided to go with bovine valve which is not a mechanical valve right? Whatever words you can share would be... Read more.

Heather Kelly

so AVR is aortic valve replacement. There are all different kinds of valves. There is a mechanical valve, which might be recommended because you're so young, however, you have to do a medication maintenance for the rest of your life because of the valve. There is also bovine valves, which... Read more.

Leona Resch

Hi Heather and welcome!! This community is so full of information, support and nice people. It helped me and will surely help you get through this! I had a surgical avr Dec. 20 at ny presbyterian and am doing really well ' I'm 63 and chose a valve that can... Read more.