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Should I get a second opinion about surgery?
discovered that I have an ascending aortic ... She recommended open heart surgery to ... My valve is normal tricuspid. ... I am terrified at the thought of open ... heart surgery and the extensive recovery
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Last active: Jul 19, 2025
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Ascending Aortic Aneurysm / My Terrifying Story
Ascending Aortic Aneurysm / My Terrifying ... valve didn’t need replacement, which ... After open-heart surgery, you can&#39 ... found blood filling the sac around my heart ... ; challenging after my chest being opened
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Last active: Feb 26, 2025
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Ascending aortic aneurysm & My Surgery
Ascending aortic aneurysm & My Surgery ... the best surgeon for my ascending aortic ... Thankfully, the bicuspid aortic valve ... After open-heart surgery, you can&#39 ... found blood filling the sac around my heart
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Last active: Jan 10, 2025
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Pain at night while waiting for TKR
I have a complex heart history. ... Two open-heart surgeries, one in 2014 ... valve (both times) and aortic root ... 2019, which was the reason for the valve ... thick, plus I ended up with total heart
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Last active: Dec 30, 2024
Discussion
What were my odds?
I had open heart surgery and a second ... surgery the same day to remove some ... this probably caused the complete aortic ... students to come and listen to my heart ... ;type A, type B, dissection, root, valve
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Last active: Jan 20, 2025
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@patient101 I'm glad that you found the discussion helpful. It is a good plan to find...
Often there is A-Fib after open heart ... surgery. ... I have a moderate leakage of the aortic ... valve and also might be looking at ... a valve replacement down the road.
Support Group: Aging Well
Posted: Dec 25, 2022
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I want to emphasize how important it is to advocate for one self with cardiac issues....
in my left ventricle just below my Aortic ... valve which involved my Mitral Valve ... his colleague who is an experienced heart ... On Feb 26, 2020 I had open heart surgery ... advocate for themselves, follow their heart
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Feb 17, 2022
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I had my open heart 2 years ago- ironically it was not to replace my valve(it’s...
I had my open heart 2 years ago- ironically ... it was not to replace my valve(it’s ... ok as a bicuspid) but I had a large aortic ... I was 42 when I had my open heart. ... heart surgery 2 years prior.
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Jan 20, 2022
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@trrunalot being an ascending aortic aneurysm, they say they can repair it endovascularly? Until now the...
@trrunalot being an ascending aortic ... effective method has been through open ... heart surgery, if they say they can ... I have a bicuspid aortic valve and had ... surgeon told me they would not do a valve
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Dec 28, 2025
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I had an interventional radiologist block off a arterial fistula from a bronchial artery to the...
This was done 1 week prior to open heart ... surgery because the surgeon wouldn& ... particular problem without moving the heart ... Among other things, I had my aortic ... aorta replaced with an artificial valve
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Nov 30, 2025