Karen
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I had occasion to visit with a cardiac surgeon last week. Among other things, we talked about his predictions concerning percutaneous valve replacement in the "near" future. I won't even try to do justice to his explanation as to why, but he does not believe that this will be an option for stenotic aortic valves. He's not really optimistic that even aortic valves that just have regurgitation will be replaced by this procedure in the very near future. But in his opinion, there are too many obstacles in dealing with stenotic aortic valves that would make it practical or prudent. It is also his belief that it will take many years to prove (IF it is proven) that patients will have a better long term prognosis with percutaneous valve replacement than they do with the standard surgeries.
Just one more speculative opinion that I thought may be of interest to some of you...
Karen
Just one more speculative opinion that I thought may be of interest to some of you...
Karen