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Hi Rich i am 8 month post op, i get PAC pretty often almost dialy basis, although it has got better than couple of months ago, my Dr told me same thing nothing concerning. aslo my resting heart rate is in 50 low 60 not sure if tjat could be a facto, It is pretty concerning when i have it but for me it more feels like its hard to breath, but when i take my bloodox its good ao maybe in my head, but i feel exactly same as u do, i think they can do cardivertion for people that it really bothers

The average — roughly 14 years — seems like a reasonable thing to use as a reference point. There is no guaranteee either way. Plan for 7, stretch it for 15 and be an overachiever at 20. They might BOTH be wrong and you *never* need to go back. Every day is a new journey in this heart valve ecosystem we live in! ❤️💪

Rich, its probably too hard to tell at this point. Do you know how bad the regurgitation is? It also will depend on whether or not your LV is enlarged and how well its functioning. I think there is some grey area where the valve may still be durable but the regurgitation may still persist and balancing how those two items correlate. I agree with Rob, hope for the best but be realistic about another potential surgery down the road. There are no surgeries that are 100%, we all live in the uncertain world and the best we can do is to keep up with the routine visits to the cardiologist.

My now 20 year old son had bicuspid repair surgery in September last year. For his 3 month echo our cardiologist rated his remaining regurgitation as mild to moderate and our surgeon rated the same echo as very mild. I think that our cardiologist likely doesn’t have much experience with repair but I really don’t know. I like the surgeons opinion better. The important thing is that my son’s heart remodeled beautifully and his left ventricle returned to normal size. I hope the repair will last a very, very long time or at least until the procedures advance even more.