Dan's Profile

Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

Member Since: March 2, 2015

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About Me

I'm currently on the road to aortic valve surgery, waiting to have an angiogram and MRI in the next two weeks to find out if anything else is wrong with my heart. I'm up & down on the anxiety scale. I'm asymptomatic, as far as I can tell, so I sometimes question my surgery decision even though the echo numbers, 2 cardiologists and 2 surgeons say it's time to get it done. So, I'm going forward with some trepidation.
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    I am from: Oak Park, United States
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    My surgery date was: May 18, 2015
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    I was diagnosed with: Aortic Stenosis
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    My surgery was: Aortic Valve Replacement
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    My surgeon is: Dr. Patrick McCarthy
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    My hospital is: Northwestern Memorial

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