Mary Ann's Profile

Member Since: August 19, 2014

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About Me

I've known I eventually had to have the aortic valve replacement for 10 years but I had no symptoms. I'm a young active 68 year old woman and finally decided to have it done because I knew it was going to be much harder and riskier doing it later rather than sooner.
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    I am from: Los Angeles, California, United States

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