Hello , I am 33 yr.old female .I was born with coartation of the Aorta ,VSD , Bicusbid valve. At 6mon. of age i hade the coarc. repair , and VSD was i guess small and spontaneous closure.so from 1976-1999 no cardiac problems , til 1999 i started getting pvc's and ankle edem , sob with walking up stairs or in the heat. after multiple tests ,it was discovered i had a re-coarc ,so once again @ age 22 it was repaired (thoracotomy,dacron graft) Had rough recovery respiratory wise.