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Aortic Stenosis & Valve Replacement

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Feb 16 11:08am | Replies (176)
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@apcox

I’m 69 & need my Aortic valve replaced. I have 2 options and need help deciding which procedure to use. One is open chest surgery the other is a noninvasive one.(TAVS) There is a possibility over time the replacement value will need to be replace. If I get the open chest now & it needs to be replaced they can do it the noninvasive way. But if I have the noninvasive one now, they can only do open chest later. Has anyone had the TAVS replacement?

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Ingegerd Enscoe, Alumni Mentor | @astaingegerdm | Aug 28, 2023

@apcox
Welcome to Connect!
I got a new aortic valve 2 months ago. I’m 79.
It was done using the TAVR procedure. All went well.
I definitely did not want an open chest procedure- recovery would be more stressful on my body.
I hope you get other members to share their experiences.

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