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@glendamn

Is there a reason they didn't fix the valve at the same time as the aneurysm? I'm leaning towards wanting to fix this before something happens , and I'm young enough to recover quicker.

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Yes, my surgeon told me he would look at the valve and evaluate it’s condition, he told me no artificial valve will be as good as a working bicuspid (my own valve), if the valve had marginal life left then he would replace it. At the end his feedback was my valve had minor deterioration and would probably last another 10-15 years, so he decided to leave it.