Do you have experience with aortic stenosis or had aortic valve replacement?
Has anyone experienced aortic stenosis or had aortic valve replacement surgery?
Share about your experience and ask the community questions here:
I have been diagnosed with severe aortic valve stenosis, but I am not currently experiencing any symptoms. I am able to do all the things I normally do such as housework, shopping, going for a walk in the neighborhood and getting down on the floor and back up while playing with my dogs. Is there anyone else who is not experiencing symptoms with a severe diagnosis?
It looks like 's husband also has this condition. Perhaps they are open to sharing some of the symptoms he is experiencing. Or perhaps might have something to add, since they also were diagnosed with aortic stenosis. - Cody (Team Member)
My husband just had an angiogram yesterday, and was told that he has severe aortic stenosis. He will need a valve replacement. They are thinking open heart replacement because of his age (75). We are still numb from shock.
Besides aortic stenosis, the most common congenital defect of the aortic valve is the bivalve aortic valve instead of tri-valve or tri-cusp. People who have this will have a murmur however diagnosis is after an echocardiogram not an EKG. Over the years this congenital defect forms an ascending aortic aneurysm and that aneurysm needs to be fixed first. The function of the valves is identified from the echocardiogram. No one is mentioning this
Thank you for bringing this up! I wasn’t aware of the connection between a bivalve aortic valve and an ascending aortic aneurysm—that's exactly why this community is so valuable, so we can all learn from each other. Is this something you’re currently dealing with? Wishing you the best.
John, Community Moderator.
