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http://www.heartsurgery-csa.com/ Vinay Badwhar and his group have several very capable surgeons in the Orlando/Tampa/Clearwater area.

Rick Lee at Northwestern Rick Lee at Northwestern Does this procedure

a murmer following mitral replacement is typically innocent. it sounds like you have been evaluated appropriately so good luck.

Hey all, The new guidelines for surgeons state that all pts undergoing open heart surgery and not contraindicated be ablated.

Too much fluid Too much fluid Hey all, If you are undergoing surgery "on-pump" then the system needs to be primed. If the surgeon didn't do this, then you would lose a massive amount of blood into the system before it was able to pump appropriatley. There has been quite a bit of research into...

Hey all, Just for everyone to understand, you all got stitches. At least two layers, but most get three, and may have glue on top.

Mended hearts Mended hearts Google mended hearts for info like this.

Structural valve dysfunction. Thought it was covered higher, but thay asked about durability, and that is how physicians measure durability. SVD means failure that is the fault of the valve, like calcification or tear (not endocarditis, thrombus, pannus or other causes.)

as promised here is some long term EW pericardial mitral data Marchand 14 year data (15 year paper)- <60 59% did not get svd 61-70 76% did not get SVD 66.% all comers did not get SVD at 14 years Internal comunique' data shows freedom from explant for SVD of the following. >70 At 15 year 98.9...

mitral durablility mitral durablility Can't really go wrong with either. True, new generation valves like Magna and Mosaic have limited long term data but were built on proven platforms. From a data perspective both porcine and pericaridial have 20+ years of data, but it isn't great at twenty...

Ppm Ppm Tobagotwo- Yes, I mean patient prosthesis mismatch, to clarify. There was a recent paper from the Cleveland Clinic (Milhajevic 2008) where they looked (estimate about 4000, do not have the paper in front of me.) at a large group of their AVR patients. It was a paper about factors...

Marketing propaganda to patients is sad... I work for a med device company and can tell you that what they did on the tour to you should be punishable by fines and or imprisonment though it currently is not. If you want a peer reviewed paper or two instead of some slick marketers spin, you can...

When polled, mosr surgeons will take the full sternotomy. Who is your MD?

good question good question Oaktree, good thought. As I looked at her update I thought the same thing. Many people have low bp following heart surgery, and it climbs as they heal. Your bp is currently poorly controlled, and this is elevating your gradient. I knew you had PPM based on the EW...

Interesting discussion Interesting discussion Hey all. The eternal debate. My recomendation is to stay active and fit, as this will help if you need a re-op for any reason. A little primer on physiology. Cardiac output is easy to calculate, and very relevant. Heart rate X Stroke Volume =...