I was also born with a bicuspid aortic valve, and I too had a dilating ascending aorta. On 9/7/2023 I had both replaced with the Bio Bentall procedure talked about by Dr. Brinkman (who also performed my surgery). I was discharged from the hospital 5 days after and am as of this posting recovering at home.

I am very worried about this

I have regurgitation and need a valve replacement next month and aneurysm in ascending aorta. Im ready!!! November 2023 surgery

I have a bicuspid aortic valve with severe aortic stenosis and an enlarged ascending aorta. My cardiologist said he could hear the blood flowing back. I also have a very small PFO, that they said was not large enough to cause problems. My main symptom is breathlessness with doing very little activity. Very little dizziness and very little chest pain. But my shortness of breath is terrible. My angiogram showed normal arteries. They are supposed to be replacing it with an artificial heart valve this fall; they said the waitlist was 3-4 months. I live in Canada, so there is no cost to me for the tests and surgery, but the downside is that I have no choices in the doctor, and not a whole lot of information.

I received my new aortic valve in march 10, 2022 and I feel great.

I have bicuspid valve, diagnosed three weeks ago. I’m asymptomatic but have severe stenosis. The cardiologist told me that my heart is strong and healthy and to continue with my cycling regimen until I have symptoms while exercising. I’m watching videos and pretty frustrated. I have no aortic aneurysm so that’s good. I’m 51 and eager to get the valve replaced before I do damage to my heart.

Absolutely live this dictor. My mom has a valve aneurysm and id love foe him to do it for her. Ur amazing!❤

@ Adam, thank you for this channel and I am about to go through surgery for bicuspid aortic valve. I was a healthy 52-year-old female until February. 2023. I began to feel many of those symptoms. Can you please talk about the actual recovery of the skin and do you have current brave patients that can show us how their skin has recovered? I'm still frightened but feeling more empowered with this community you have created. Thank you. ❤❤💕💕

Any information on engineered tissue valves? Seems like a relatively new development but very exciting.

I have a bicuspid valve with stenosis and getting the Ross procedure in the next couple of weeks, this video answers a lot of questions i have, i have a fantastic surgeon in the UK doing it, Dr Asif Hasan.

Thank you for sharing

I appreciate the information shared! I am right there needing to make those difficult potential life and death decisions and this really helped.

What blood thinner can I use after being on eliquis for approximately 13 months and I was bleeding from my mouth my rectum with a loud ringing that is still in my ears what type of doctor should I see? Thank you for your webinar this is one that I watched before I did my surgery so I can better understand the surgery God bless you thank you and I am looking for your answer

I have severe stenosis of my BAV, 60 in January and 2 aorta Annuerism ascending aorta. From CTA I was told that descending thoracic is Annuerism. I was told that I can't have TAVR because of the BAV but wonder why, other than BAV. My father's descending valve dissected they aren't sure when but lived to 84. They were trying to put a a pacemaker in his heart (he had AFib too, heart attack before 60). Very fatigued. Covid made me worse.

When do you think Ross procedure would work? I don't want mechanical valve

My father descending aorta annuerizm dissected. He had afib, enlarged heart and was getting a pace maker when it happened.

There is any medicine to heal or recover bicuspid valve.

What about weight training but with 60-70% of maximum weight without holding breath. Does it impact negatively the valve and aorta progression ?

Hi it was such a useful information, I m 42 years old and I had dubble chamber on right ventricle which creat narrowness to blood goes to lungs also minor aortic valve leakage, and my open heart surgery is due soon. My question is, is it possible these problems can be fixed without open heart surgery, I mean with keyhole surgery or any other procedure thanks.

How about pseudoaneurysms? I had my aortic valve changed in Dec of 22 and may of 23 had to had a redo surgery.because of a pseudoaneurysm we’re the they put the cannula for the heart lung machine.I had an pseudoaneurysm that was 2.9 cm found in the ER.went in because I presented with pneumonia fluid around the heart and in the lungs.Have you ever heard of this happening?

Moderate to severe stanosis 55mm

My baby age 3 month diagnosed bicuspid aortic valve

What if you have a stenosis and a leak

I have bicuspid aortic valve, mild regurgitation, but without stenosis. 33yo wo symptoms. Do you have videos regarding this.

Is stenosis and calcification the same? Have been both with BAV and root and ascending aorta annuerizm

Sir Bicuspid Aortic Valve , MPG of 26 mm Hg, BAV with moderate AS, no AR. Baby boy age is 6 days. What will you suggest in this condition is it normal or we need balloon surgery? From India

My son has type A quadricuspid aortic valve. No regurgitation or stenosis. Is he still at risk of complications in later life considering he has no issues now?

What is the morality rate for the surgery?

My son is one month old and just found out he have bicuspid aortic valve. Whole family is worried. I just want to ask about the life span of a person with this condition. Can he lead a normal, healthy and long life ?

I am a heart failure do I need a change of value

Life expectancy after bentall procedure surgery

Please sir I want to tell about my Yong brother. There Heart working 30 % what. I do Dr say the tapci is 11 if tapsi it 14 then we do operation? Please please you e mail address

Hi sir my baby scan report bicuspid aortic valve with moderate pulmonary artery hypertension Itha pathi detaila sollunga sir pls iam from tamilnadu

I'm a little surprised that they are still touting the Ross Procedure. I had that procedure in 1998, when I was 42 ... and it wasn't performed in large numbers at that point. The idea was, my high pressure valve (aortic) would be living tissue, and the low pressure valve (pulmonary) would be a donor human cadaver valve. [By the way, I have always been very athletic, in shape, and was actually skiing a black diamond slope a month before my already scheduled surgery thinking "I can't believe I need open-heart surgery", since I had no symptoms at that time. Fast forward 13 years, and in 2011 (at 55) I was having major symptoms. It seems the pulmonary valve they swapped into the aortic position is removed with a stub of the blood vessel it exits to, and that the whole low pressure valve was not build via a million years of Evolution to take extended high pressures. This stub root of what was now my Aorta, started to distend and dilate ... meaning the 3 valve leaflets couldn't come together any more to avoid significant regurgitation. So, I had to have another complicated procedure, replacing my Aorta with a Dacron sleeve, and a new Pig Valve. All of my cardiologists since had indicated that the Ross isn't that popular any more, and that many had my experience (I believe including Arnold Schwarzenegger). Also, since aortic valve surgery involves cutting near the nerve that fires the left side of the Heart's contraction, that nerve got damaged in the two surgeries, and I then needed a Pacemaker 2 years later.

Just asking my brother got bicuspid aortic valve replacement a year ago and they changed the valve with mechanical one question how safe is mechanical valve? How long the recovery of the patient because until now mostly he got dizzy is it normal? And is it also normal if the patient is so sensitive with smells? Hope somebody can answer me all these questions thank you….

Can you have TAVR with bicuspid valve (BAV) and your root and aa dialating

THEY SAY I HAVE A BAD AORAT VALUE SAID 50% BUT I BEEN WALKING AND MY BREATHING GETTING BETTER I KEEP WALKING AND CAN I BET THIS VAULE REPLACEMENT PLEASE GIVE ME SOME FEED BACK

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Why ross limited to under 55-50.

Hi sir , i have bicuspid aortic valve but without symptoms , i’m 22 , i don’t fume ,will i have problems in the future when i get older? I’ve been taking menaquinone7 for 2 years