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Bicupsid aortic valves means, that your son was born with two leaflets in the aortic valve instead of the normal 3 leaflets. It cannot resolve, it is just that he will have these 2 leaflets instead of 3. Biscuspid aortic valve is prone to damages and degeneration faster as compared to a normal valve, so you should get him evaluated every 2-3 years with a Echo under the supervision of a cardiologist, so that when the denegration happens it can be detected timely and followed up. Your child can ha...more
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Hi. Hope you are doing well after the surgery. Alcohol intake after surgery would be dependent on multiple factors. Smoking is best avoided completely. Please let me know if you should need more help.
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No this is not the reason. It is a very common congenital disease that is found in children. So don't blame yourself for it.
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Your mother has multiple problems. 1. Pulmonary embolism, for which she needs to take anticoagulants. There are substitute drugs available (if she is having problems with warfarin). These drugs are either in injectable form (low molecular weight heparin injections) or tablets (newer anticoagulants). The safety profile of these drugs is better than warfarin and the do not need strict monitering like warfarin does. 2. Backbone compression and pelvic bone cracks could be due to osteoporosis (weak b...more
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Dear lybrate user,
- In this congenital disorder the aortic valve has two cusps instead of the normal four from birth
- the progress in life depends on if some problem develops due to the valve & the child becomes symptomatic, there may not be any problem till adulthood
- later on can be corrected by surgery.
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