Home > Community > Patient News Feed > Richard King

Richard's Photos

Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Atrial Fibrillation

Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Atrial Fibrillation

Member Since: May 27, 2017

Member Since: May 27, 2017

Send Richard a Guestbook

My Photos

Richard King uploaded a photo

4 years ago (August 22, 2021)

👍 Jill Hughes, Deena Z and reacted to this

Richard King uploaded a photo

7 years ago (January 5, 2019)

Out for a brisk hike in Northern California...

👍 Joey Hardee, Rosemary Bobicz Creutz and reacted to this

Richard King

7 years ago (January 5, 2019)

I'm feeling great 18 months post-op (Aortic replacement and cox-maze III procedure for afib). No more afib, fitter than ever, and heart rate back to normal. It took almost a year for all side effects to go away, but well worth waiting for. For those of you with side effects,... Read more.

Bob Guzzo

7 years ago (January 5, 2019)

Congratulations Richard! A long journey to feeling great again, but well worth it! I wish you many, many years of feeling great and great health.

Dan Baltazor

7 years ago (January 5, 2019)

Great update Richard, Thanks.

Dan Vechiola

7 years ago (January 5, 2019)

Great report Richard! Its great to see how active we all become. Thanks for being such a great example!

Rob Sparling

7 years ago (January 6, 2019)

Way to go! Glad to see your progress and have it as a waypoint! 👍

Richard King

7 years ago (February 17, 2019)

Thank you all for the good wishes!

Upcoming Surgeries

Peter Florance

Mitral Regurgitation

August 4, 2026

Dean Smith

Aortic Stenosis

August 10, 2026

Don FitzGerald, heart valve patient

Don FitzGerald

Aortic Stenosis

August 11, 2026

The Patient's Guide

The Patient's Guide

This book has helped over 47,000 patients and caregivers from diagnosis to recovery.

Patient's Guide

Surgeon Finder

Heart Valve Surgeon Finder

Find and research over 1,500 patient-recommended heart valve surgeons.