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Diagnosis: Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Aneurysm

Member Since: October 6, 2019

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Deepak Khanka got a guestbook from Anonymous

6 years ago (March 25, 2020)

Hello Deepak, how are things for you? I hope you are keeping safe. Write soon and update us. Blessings

Deepak Khanka got a guestbook from Paul Randle

6 years ago (January 23, 2020)

Hi Deepak, my surgery was done at the university of Coventry and Warwick by Dr Uday Dandakar. The repair failed due to prolapse of the right coronary cusp causing severe regurgitation, so 10 months later I had a on-x valve fitted and have been doing well since , itâ€™s been... Read more.

Deepak Khanka

Thanks for getting back to me, Paul. Met my surgeon we are following wait and watch my LV is dilated to 6.5 top end of normality with no symptoms . Did you have symptoms such as short of breath, swollen legs and feet, canâ€™t lay flat on bed . I... Read more.

Paul Randle

Hi Deepak , both my surgeries were done by Mr Dandakar . He said that the risks for my second surgery were no greater than the first . He said Once he gets through the scar tissue from my first surgery it would be quite straight forward. Recovery was better... Read more.

Paul Randle

Deepak, the only symptoms I had between surgeries were palpitations, otherwise I felt good and worked full time as a bricklayer till one day before my surgery. Regards Paul xx

Paul Randle

All the best going forward Deepak

Deepak Khanka got a guestbook from Alex Sigalov

6 years ago (January 18, 2020)

Hi Deepak, saw u asked John about OnX vale but it looks like he has St Jude, i have OnX valve, if u have anu questions i can answer them for u. I can hear it when i am lying down or sitting in certain positions. Expect tonbe on low... Read more.

Deepak Khanka

Many thanks Alex. As you must have read earlier that I will have a re ops to replace aortic valve , which prolapsed 7 months (this jan) after Davidâ€™s procedure. Are there any concerns around ONX valve not responding to the body . In my case the synthetic graft which... Read more.

Paul Randle

Hi Deepak, l had the same Davidâ€™s procedure as you did back in 2016 .My repair also failed months later so I was fitted with a ONX valve 10 months after my first surgery. I was back to work on a building site 10 weeks later and Iâ€™m doing great.... Read more.