i ve heart prob it regarding the valve need replacement but don know wat 2 use animal or mechanism part?

Question

animal parts will need ops in next 15 years where mechnical part no need but ve to take medicine to thin blood. so wat is better?

i need advise on both, anyway i may go for robotic ops. also planning to have a child by next year so how? animal or mechanical ?

can i don go for ops. after so many advise i feel a bit scared

Answer 1

Tissue valves tend to wear out faster with increased flow demands - such as with a more active (typically younger person). Tissue valves typically last 10-15 years in less active (typically elderly) patients, but wear out faster in younger patients. When a tissue valve wears out and needs replacement, the person must undergo another valve replacement surgery. For this reason, younger patients are often recommended mechanical valves to prevent the increased risk (and inconvenience) of another valve replacement.
Traditionally, a mechanical valve has been used in patients < 65 and in older patients with a long life expectancy, because bioprosthetic valves deteriorate over 10 to 12 yr. Patients with a mechanical valve require lifelong anticoagulation to an INR of 2.5 to 3.5 (to prevent thromboembolism) and antibiotics before some medical or dental procedures (to prevent endocarditis). A bioprosthetic valve, which does not require anticoagulation, has been used in patients > 65, younger patients with a life expectancy < 10 yr, and those with some right-sided lesions. However, newer bioprosthetic valves may be more durable than 1st-generation valves; thus, patient preference regarding valve type can now be considered.
Please see the web pages for more details on Heart valve surgery, Aortic valve replacement and valvular disorders.

Answer 2

You should go for the porcine valve (animal - pig valve) If you get the pig valve, you will not have to be on coumadin for the rest of your life. If you get a mechanical valve, you will be on coumadin which requires testing for your levels monthly or sometimes weekly and you will have to be watching for everything that bleeds including your stools and urine and shaving and brushing your teeth.
This will occur for the rest of your life.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

You will have to trust your doctor on what he thinks is the better of the two. Do some research on the internet on valve replacements. Try this website:
http://www.womensheartfoundation.org/content/HeartSurgery/heart_valve_replacment.asp

Answer 4

You don't have to take meds with an animal valve? Since when? I would do which ever has the least risks of injury.

Answer 5

amen,brother! (actually i didn't even know about this replacement thingy. i thought our new handy dandy Profile was the best it was going to get.) I play on multiply now, more than 360. 360 is too fkn slow for someone who's as impatient as i am. (And yet i refuse to learn to type two handed.huh!)

Answer 6

http://www.sts.org/doc/4101