Home > Community > Patient News Feed > Rita Savelis

Rita's Photos

Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Mitral Stenosis

Member Since: March 4, 2015

Send Rita a Guestbook

My Photos

Rita Savelis added photos to a journal post

1 year ago (April 10, 2025)

Pleural effusion 2015 + 2 mechanical valves + pacemaker

❤️ 👍 Alina Wilson and Sue Connell reacted to this

Rita Savelis

1 year ago (April 10, 2025)

Big O is the mitral. Rectangle above it is aortic valve seen straight on. Oval shape to the left of big O is tricuspid (reinforced with a ring). You can also see the sternal wires that look like bows. The white stuff in lung linings is liquid.

Fidel Martínez Ruiz

1 year ago (April 10, 2025)

👍 thanks Rita

Fidel Martínez Ruiz

1 year ago (April 10, 2025)

Good explanation. I can see now clearly😊

Robert Miller

1 year ago (April 12, 2025)

I am not sure I would post all your vital information like name, DOB, date of x-ray, etc on a public forum. In any case, it seems you are female but the x-ray surprises me a little bit. It seems they made you stretch up your arms. And there is... Read more.

Rita Savelis added photos to a journal post

2 years ago (April 10, 2024)

I'm re-posting my favorite xray, taken about 7 weeks after triple heart valve surgery in 2015. The mechanical mitral valve is the big "O", the rectangle right above it is the mechanical aortic valve seen straight on, the oval to the left of the mitral is the reinforced/repaired tricuspid valve.... Read more.