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Diagnosis: Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Member Since: March 31, 2016

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James Proffitt uploaded a photo
10 years ago (May 17, 2016)
My (former) aortic valve.
👍 Chris Vereb and Cathleen Weed reacted to this
Denise Campbell
Ooow gross. I wish I had seen my mitral. Wow. Did you get mechanical or tissue replacement?
Anonymous, heart valve patient
Anonymous
GHHHUGGHHHH!
Jean Raber
What was the messed up part? If you're gonna post guts, you have to explain them! :-)
James Proffitt
This shows a bicuspid aortic valve. Two of my leaflets are fused together in the lower left of the picture. This gave me the classic narrow slit for blood to flow through since the valve never opened properly, as 3 leaflets would have.

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