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Aortic Valve Replacement with TAVR: What is it like?

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@davej

Can I ask how old you are because I'm 59 doctors are reluctant because I'm so young and there feeling the will have to open my heart up to replace the TAVR when it goes back thanks dave

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jul 5, 2020

@davej, what options do your surgeons offer instead of TAVR given your young age?

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starchildsangel1959 | @starchildsangel1959 | Mar 3 8:51pm

I am having Tavr this week and I am 66 years old. My heart team has carefully planned for the possibility of when /if this valve were to fail and they believe i will be able to have another valve in valve Tavr procedure

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degroatam | @degroatam | May 2 1:13pm

I had my aorta replaced in 2002. I was 53. I had to have a TAVR procedure in 2024 @ 75 years old. I had my first surgery at Cleveland Clinic and flew home on the 4th day. I was lucky the open heart surgery went smoothly and I recovered quickly. They have come a long way. I had my aorta valve repaired in 1985 and recovery was much quicker in 2002. I had complications from the TAVR procedure where I developed an aorta dissection when they removed the filter used to prevent blood clots from going to the brain. I would not hesitate having open heart replacement.

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