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- How many valves are implanted in the US every year?
- Happy 20th
- 25 Years Without Warfarin
- mechanical aortic valve or ross procedure?
- 44 years old Ross vs Tissue
- Teddy's surgery
- Questions - Unicuspid Aortic Valve Options
- Ross Procedure Info Needed
- My story/Valve Repair
- I need my aortic valve replaced
- Mechanical valve calcifying
- A Good Rumor
- On-X new bit on website
- mitral valve size??
- quick choice
- New to a forum
- Decision time...
- Valves and children
- CryoLife Synergraft Valve?
- ARRRRGH im so confused on valve ON-X
- email replies from ON-X people (longish)
- Which one do you recommend?
- Dual Heart Valves
- borderline MVP & trace/mild leakiness at aortic valve
- heart valves
- BeachBumTom
- I need my aortic valve replaced/update
- AV Repair
- ATS or On-X
- Porcine stentless valve... next Monday!
- Ross procedure
- Aortic valve and root replacment?
- valve, root, ascending aorta combos
- surprise valve change
- New member would like to introduce himself (AVR soon).
- I visit my second Aortic Surgeon tomorrow (hlep please)
- Composites?
- July 13th, is my AVR date
- Glad That I Found This Site
- echo results, needing advice
- New Info for Women on Valve Choices
- Coumadin Valve choice questions
- Just returned from my surgeon (July 13 OPS)
- Traveling after Valve Replacement
- What's that sound?!?
- Another valve comparison study.
- valve questions
- Please Help-Hubby has endocarditis now! Needs to choose valve!
- Not exactly valve selection but ...
- got second opinion/but i'm confused
- Mitral Valve Repair Dr. Pacifico
- Here's my story and I am sticking to it!
- What Valve?
- What do we know (first hand) about homografts?
- Pre-publication: reoperation mortality stats
- Good days/ bad days
- Valve choice and snow skiing
- good information on valve re-operations
- aortic valve repair
- Happy Birthday to my valve!!!
- Tissue vs. Mechanical
- Stent or Stentless for AVR
- No one seems to talk about .....
- Did I make the wrong choice?
- Choices
- How long will this last?
- Do I Really Need Surgery
- Update & Choices - This is Difficult
- please help!
- AI and O2 sats all over the map
- Magna/Bovine Valve Prosthesis
- Suprised myself with a last minute decision...
- Aortic valve replacement questions
- Mechanical Valve - No Coumadin?
- Valve repair vs. replacement
- suzuki mechanical valve
- Valve Type of second surgery
- Mechanical Valves and Fisher Price
- Valve size
- Complications with Valves
- BAVD afterall????
- too many choices
- Info Needed
- Valve type
- Bentall Procedure with On-X Valve
- Aortic Valve and Root replacement
- mech vs. bio statistics
- Mechanical valve noise
- What's The Best Mech Valve
- homograft
- Valve Choice for "Younguns"
- Mechanical Valve ?
- Got my reply from Dr
- The near future (non-mechanical)
- Another Reason to Not Base Your Choice on Warfarin
- Help
- Carpentier Edwards versus other bovine pericardial valves?
- Mechanical Valves & Airplanes
- Choosing the type of valve
- Second surgery vs. Coumadin
- Valve choice
- Repair vs replacement for mitral valve
- Poll: What type of tissue valve did you receive?
- on-x vs. st. jude
- Famous Tobagotwo Writings On Valve Selection
- tricuspid leakage
- vr.com & personal convictions
- tricuspid leakage
- immune suppressants question
- Valve duration
- Overwhelmed with questions
- An idea for research
- Question about Medtronics Freestyle Stentless Valve
- Bovine Vs. Porcine
- Aortic Root Replacement with Valve Resuspension
- Some update on my surgery
- For our Valve Parents
- How loud are the mechanical valves?
- My Valve Choices - two weeks out
- Info on Ross Procedure vs. others
- Latest about the On-X Valve
- Valve Questions
- ATS Medical Mechanical Valve
- Karlynn & others...
- Blood pressure question
- Hello again
- Ross vs. AVR
- On-X
- How conservative are your surgeons?
- For those with atrial Fibrillation concerns...
- New Member/Familiar Story
- Tissue valves for double valve replacement?
- Ross vs. AVR - update
- Help! 9 yr old getting PVR on Monday......
- Moo
- Rejection? Rejection medicine?
- Hi - New to this Site
- too many choices
- New to Forums, Need advice.
- Allograft in 33 year old patient
- New Valve
- Resurgery at 80-Plus
- Does Bicuspid Aorta valve get a Tricuspid replacement?
- Coumadin separating myth from fact
- mean time to failure
- Choosing St. Jude or Tissue for older people
- useful facts and figures - tissue valve longevity
- Why do younger patients need new valves sooner?
- Article in Chicago Trib's Tempo section today
- Surgery's scheduled, still making choices, looking for feedback
- Ross Procedure Pros and Cons
- Valve-sparing option vs. replacement
- Valve Prices
- Tissue Valves in UK
- The Mosaic at 10 years: follow up
- Salvage Aorta?
- How do you think of anything other than possible surgery?
- Biological Or Mechanical
- Valve Choices Revisited
- St.Jude or On-X
- Questions about types of valves
- Long-term outcomes of valve replacement with modern prostheses in young adults.
- Interesting interview
- St Jude aortic valve
- On-X valve?
- Surgeries using cadaver tissue pose risks
- Aneurysms - Dacron durability?
- Are you happy with your valve selection?
- Question on probability of later problems due to coumadin
- Yes, yes, and yes. I'm getting the On-X
- Any difference between tissue & mechanical in terms of taking advantage of advances?
- Facing Surgery for 2nd time
- Carbo medics or st. Judes
- Sudden Valve failure
- Tissue valves and pregnancy
- Ross Procedure in UK ? anyone
- Ross Procedure
- 2nd Ross to Rectify initial bad Ross procedure - any facts?
- Mitral Valve Replacement-Tissue Or Mechanical
- 4 1/2 Months old kid and valve options
- When to operate...?
- Ross Procedure
- How much experience is enough?
- I am in need of a double valve replacement
- Ross procedure in pediatric case
- Thank You Everyone
- Confused
- Does the type of biological valve affect patient outcome?
- Pre-surgery
- Ross Procedure Problems?!!
- Z score? +4-- Is it important?
- Ten-year outcome after aortic valve replacement with the freestyle stentless bioprost
- Heart Disease
- Carbomedics shout out
- ATS Open Pivot valve performance - press release
- Human Heart Valve Allografts?
- ? Advice for young friend
- Beating the Dead Horse...
- This is so confusing... Need some perspective
- Linearized v. Actuarial
- Am I taking things too lightly?
- Aortic Valve Surgery - The Third Millennium
- Allograft? Why Choose it?
- Which is the Optimal Operation for the Young Adult AVR Pt?
- That Is The Question...
- need some support!!
- Keep the support coming!!
- Thanks to all that responded!!
- MRI and Mechanical Valve
- Comparison of STJ & CM Aortic Valves
- Father needs valve replacement, need questions answered please.
- H. valve surgery report from 86th annual meeting of Am. Ass. of Thoracic Surgery
- Father needs valve replacement - update
- Age and valve selection
- Please allow me to introduce myself....
- Morristown Memorial Hospital, NJ
- CryoLife Inc. - human tissue valve replacement
- Need some answers, Please....
- Different types of tissue valves?
- Is resurgery that bad if one chooses a tissue valve?
- Chemo after AVR
- 34 Years without warfarin
- Hi! --New here
- I have made my decision w/ 1 remaining Q.
- Age and tissue valve
- Looking for validation
- Coronary bypass with 21 year old valves
- Aortic Valve Dilemma
- Anything negative about On-x?
- Future AVR
- A Salute to our "PORKERS"
- valve replacement 84 yr male
- Bovine vs. Porcine
- 20 year life tissue valve?
- ATS valve
- new surgical technique?
- Facing AVR Surgery- Which Valve?
- Is it possible - 2 tissue valves?
- People with 2 mechanical valves......
- Need info / opinions on ATS Valves
- Mechanical or Valve Sparing for kids
- Re: tissue vs. mechanical and advancements
- Surgeon postings critical of St. Jude/Edwards
- Aneurysm question.....(posting for someone else)
- What Prosthesis Should Be Used at Valve Re-Replacement After Structural Valve Deterio
- SJM biocor valve
- Getting a tissue valve...which one?
- Comparison of latest tissue valves
- Is tissue valve an option for a teenager?
- asd/tachy/tricuspid/mvp combo
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