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Diagnosis: Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Aneurysm

Member Since: January 6, 2015

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Janice Smith got a guestbook from Virginia (Ginger) French

11 years ago (February 21, 2015)

Janice, I just came to your "story" to see what you have in your background and discovered that you and I had the same surgeon, Dr. Lars Svensson. I traveled all the way from Wichita, Kansas, because with my head injury history I wanted excellence in the surgery and good... Read more.

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Janice Smith

11 years ago (May 9, 2015)

Thanks Ginger. I took your advice and was seen by a neurologist in Kettering, Ohio. Tests were run, and all were okay, and he gave me no answers to this problem. I, too, had a head injury (sub-dural hemotoma from an injury with a steer in 1985, but no complications... Read more.

Janice Smith got a guestbook from Adam Pick

11 years ago (January 8, 2015)

Hi Janice, Nice to meet you and welcome to our community. I'm hopeful the information here might help you given some of the frustration your experiencing during your recovery. For example, here's a post about dizziness with 230 patient comments that might be helpful - https://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/09/09/dizzy-after-heart-surgery/. If you need... Read more.

"Dizzy After Heart Valve Surgery?" Asks Rick

https://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/09/09/dizzy-after-heart-surgery/

I just received a very interesting question from Rick about dizziness after heart valve surgery. Rick writes, "Adam - On August 7, 2009, I had mitral valve r