Good News Three Years Post Open Heart Surgery

Three years post aortic valve and aneurysm surgery and my cardiologist is amazed at the great condition of my St. Jude Trifecta prosthetic valve. These figures from my echo cardiogram show that the prosthetic valve is like new: Valve mean gradient was 11 mmHg. Es timated aortic valve area (by VTI) was 1.87 cmï¾². Estimated aortic valve area (by Vmax) was 1.83 cmï¾². Estimated aortic valve area (by Vmean) was 2.24 cmï¾².