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Aortic Stenosis & Valve Replacement

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jul 8 6:34am | Replies (151)

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@alex1962

Hi @johnbflat. Great to hear about your good results with the TAVR. I had mine at age 56, and I’m 60 now, and the valve is still working perfectly with no changes except possibly the slight leak around the edge has diminished. I don’t think there is good long-term data about the current generation of valves last since they are new and in earlier years TAVRs we’re done only on high-risk patients who didn’t have the same long-term prospects. I have the same question as you about Covid risks for those of us with replacement valves, fully vaccinated, of course. we have been extremely cautious, but I am very active and would like to travel and circulate more. Maybe someone else here can share some information about Covid and replacement heart valves?

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Thanks for sharing, Alex & EJ. Nice to hear from you both with more than 4 years on TARV and everything is still working well.
My wife & I are very cautious about prevention of a Covid infection. Several others in the family had Covid infections. They all being fully vacinated, as we both are, their cases were not worse than a regular cold or flu so it makes us wonder if we are being too cautious. Not knowing how Covid infections react to the bovine tissue in a TAVR value keeps us locked into being very cautious. Wishing there was more info.