Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Joined January 23, 2017
Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Joined January 23, 2017
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Short story: had aortic valve replaced in 2017. Cow tissue. All good until early this year, when I started feeling that "heartburn" ...Read more
Short story: had aortic valve replaced in 2017. Cow tissue. All good until early this year, when I started feeling that "heartburn" sensation again on exertion. Echo...angio...conclusion: valve is prematurely failing. So...8 years later, faced with either another open heart valve replacement or TAVR. I'm 67 years old...healthy otherwise...plan to live to 90.
Since no one has a crystal ball, and I really don't want to deal with another open heart procedure right now in my life, opting for TAVR...which hopefully will last 6-10 years...then another open heart if TAVR in TAVR is not an option.
Interestingly enough, a friend who is 5 years older than I am had a pig valve put in in 2016...and he just recently had a TAVR due to premature failure of his pig valve.
Happy to discuss with anyone on this forum, as it was invaluable to me back in 2016/2017 before my open heart procedure. Wishing all of us only the best...always.
The expectation was it wo ... Read more
The expectation was it would last 15 years or more and then a TAVR...so now the whole lifetime management paradigm has changed....