Mohammed's Journal

Hi All
After 4 years and half searching on aortic bicuspid valve and the available guaranteed treatments up to date, i decided to replace the valve rather than repairing it. 90% of surgeons and patients recommend me to replace the valve with mechanical one. Repairing the bicuspid valve is not guaranteed as they were claimed.

Any body here has replaced the On-X valve? , give me please the advantages and disadvantages of this valve; in terms of blood-thinning dose and ticking

Hi Ed Eller
I known that you replaced your aortic valve with On-X valve. So please could you explain details about your health improvements post surgery ?. Also i would like to know the blood-thinner dosages and valve ticking.

Hi All
My heart rate is usually ranged between 85-95 at rest. Sometimes the rate dropped down to 78 but after eating is jumped . Knowing that i have aortic bicuspid valve with moderate to severe regurgitation

Hi All
Today, i seen my specialist doctor to discuss with him the proposed procedure to follow. He listed three types of procedures: repairing, replacing with mechanical valve and replacing with tissue valve.
He recommended me to go through mechanical valve option as this valve durable than tissue.

So, Which type of mechanical valve is efficient and safe?. Anybody here have had replaced the aortic valve with mechanical? How you are feeling? Are there side effects or accompanied relevant symtopms?
Please let me know about your experience.

Hi there
I am being infected with annual inflammation (just fever) . The heart beat is fixed at 115 bpm, continuing two days at the same rate, and the beat is easily heard; it is like someone knock your left side chest.
This issue always happened when i am being infected with inflammations ; momthly or yearly infections.

For confirmation, i have bicuspid aortic valve with moderate to severe leak and mild LV dilation.
Any body here who have feeling like theses symptoms?. Are these symptoms commonly happening for everyone?
While i am searching on that, i found that the inflammation and fever are responsible for this heart performance.
kind regards
Mohammed

Hi all
Yesterday, i have been at heart center to perform TEE test for an insight into the valve structure and function clearly. But the doctor performed Echocardiogram rather that TEE and he said Echo is enough and you do not need to perform TEE. Knowing that, i performed 12 Echo test and non of these has similar results, therefore, i asked the doctors to go through TEE rather than Echo, specifically, i have been infected with Covid-19 inflammation on 2021 ,and as a result the bicuspid valve leak became severe.
While the cardiologist finished the Echo report yesterday, i read it and had felt there is a problem. The LVIDd size was 7.6 cm while the earlier Echo report (before month ago) indicated that the LVIDd size was 6.1 cm.
Does TEE able to give more accurate results than Echo ?

Any body here can confirm whether the Echo readings could be inaccurate.