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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

Member Since: January 31, 2019

Member Since: January 31, 2019

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About Me

My bicuspid valve is faltering. All blood tests, kidneys, great-, coronary arteries are clear and excellent they tell me. I play tennis 3 times a week, work out, play golf. We are focusing not on the why, but the fix. I will have an Edwards Life Sciences Sapien 3 valve put in at the Columbia Heart Center which is part of NY Presbyterian/ Columbia Hospital.

I am from: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
My surgery date was: March 5, 2019
I was diagnosed with: Aortic Stenosis
My surgery was: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
My doctor is: Dr. Martin Leon
My hospital is: Columbia Structural Heart & Valve Center

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