I had aortic valve replacement in 2015 and already my echo cardiogram is showing a lot of narrowing. I was given a bovine valve - Trifecta TI-25A. Was extremely ...Read more
I had aortic valve replacement in 2015 and already my echo cardiogram is showing a lot of narrowing. I was given a bovine valve - Trifecta TI-25A. Was extremely disappointed with this news. Anyone else having problem with this particular replacement valve? What can I do to make sure this doesn't get any worse?
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Marie Myers Just looked up an article on structural valve deterioration. Looks like about 15% of prosthetic valve ... Read more
Marie Myers Just looked up an article on structural valve deterioration. Looks like about 15% of prosthetic valves show SVD . The factors associated with SVD are younger patient age, Higher patient BMI, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, renal insufficiency, LV hypertrophy, smaller prosthetic valve size, and or patient/prosthesis mismatch. I also read that bovine valves tend to stenosis, and porcine valves show more leaflet tearing. My guess is that the docs will continue to monitor you and your valve more closely. Hopefully it won’t get any more stenotic. Hope that helps.