My bicuspid aortic valve was discovered in a routine physical at the age of 65....stethoscope picked up on some gurgling......watched it closely for a couple of years......like you said, some sense of being a walking time bomb.....then they noticed some growth in the size of aneurism.....no messing around then.....in I went....had the valve replacement operation 2 years ago .....definitely major surgery and tougher to recover when you are older.....but thankful to be where I am now....and walking 3 to 4 miles a day.Congrats. Keep us posted periodically on how things are going and what differences you notice with your stamina. That is something I may need done in the next 10 years or so, as I have a bicuspid aortic valve that has some regurgitation. I’ve know about mine since I was 18, and as I approach 50, I feel like a walking time bomb sometimes. Lol.