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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Coronary Artery Disease

Member Since: March 8, 2025

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Larry Reese posted an update

1 year ago (March 9, 2025)

Hello all, I'm looking forward to joining the community and leveraging our knowledge and experiences to stay positive and hopefully reduce stress. Will be a bicuspid aortic valve replacement (ross is what I would prefer but apparently my anatomy is not a good fit) w cow valve, plus 1 or... Read more.

Dan Fouratt

Larry, Welcome to the community. I am a fellow BAV with a bovine valve replacement coming up to a year ago. This community was great in answering my questions and I sure you will find it a great asset. Good luck on your journey. Dan

Fidel Martínez Ruiz

😉 Hey Larry and Dan: I had the mitral valve replaced (76 y.o) by a cow valve in october 2023. Doctors told me that when the valve wear out in 12 to 15 years will be possible to replace it in a "valve in valve" TMVR procedure to avoid open... Read more.

Valerie Allen

If we were musically inclined, we could start a band called The Aortics! 😉 Many on here have had successful aortic surgeries but we also know the extreme stress. I lived with it full on for a year prior to surgery. This is a place for questions and comfort. You... Read more.

Larry Reese

Thank you all for the welcome. Does the search function work well here? Any tricks to searching for and finding information?

Valerie Allen

Larry, the Learning Center at the top will get you started. If you are looking for hospitals/surgeons the SurgeonFinder under the menu will help. It includes patient reviews. For me it was mostly following links and the Learning Center. Don't miss the videos, they cover so much!

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