Michelle,
You mentioned a mechanical valve as your likely replacement for your Aortic Valve. Check out the On-x Valve:
http://www.onxlti.com/
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Michelle,
You mentioned a mechanical valve as your likely replacement for your Aortic Valve. Check out the On-x Valve:
http://www.onxlti.com/
It is the only valve approved for a lower dose of Coumadin by the US FDA and EU, and there is a very encouraging clinical trial where On-x Valve recipients are actually doing no Coumadin by Aspirin/Plavix combo instead.
Check with your options for surgeon's to see if any do this valve.