SHORT CERT LIKELY — 1-YEAR
The checker reads your verdict. The Kit gets you through the exam: documentation packets for your condition, the two 45-day form clocks run as a calendar, the official medication form packet, waiting-period calendars, failure recovery, and the examiner phone script.
Federal source: FMCSA Medical Examiner's Handbook 2024, Cardiovascular · Rules checked October 2026
Advisory criteria: after valve repair or replacement, certification follows recovery from surgery with cardiologist clearance and stable function, at 1-year intervals. A mechanical valve adds lifelong anticoagulation, which is then judged under the warfarin discipline (monthly INR documentation).
Surgery itself is a chapter, not the ending: recover, document function, and — with a mechanical valve — run the INR paper trail forever.
Certificate this points to: 1-YEAR certificates, while the standard's monitoring continues.
Bring surgical records, a post-op echo, cardiology clearance, and INR history if you are anticoagulated.
This question is decided by the federal text together with its published advisory criteria — clocks, thresholds, and specialist files. The verdict above follows the cited criteria; your documentation is what proves you meet them.
Only a certified medical examiner on the National Registry can certify you. FreightVerdict reads the published federal standards — it does not certify, diagnose, or treat, and nothing here is medical advice.
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