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This last week Dr's in Cape Town placed an Edwards Sapiens valve through a woman's carotid artery into her failing tricuspid tissue prosthetic valve. This was reported in a Cape Town newspaper yesterday 3 Dec 2010. I tried to get the article electronically from the newspaper but they wanted...

This last week Dr's in Cape Town placed an Edwards Sapiens valve through a woman's carotid artery into her failing tricuspid tissue prosthetic valve. This was reported in a Cape Town newspaper yesterday 3 Dec 2010. I tried to get the article electronically from the newspaper but they wanted...

I am now a year and a couple of months post AVR with a bovine pericardium valve. All 3 of my post surgery echocardiograms indicated the peak pressure gradient over the new valve to be about 30 mmHg. This is a huge improvement over my old stenotic and diseased valve's peak gradient of over 80...

Borrowed this weird jacket off my daughter. It helps to have a lot of chesthairs!! My wife owns a beauty salon and I used some of the scar repair creams they use after face lifts. Seems to have worked because even without the hair the scar is hardly visible. I have the name if any of you are...

I am now about 6 month's post op and approached my surgeon's PA to get the exact model and serial/registration number of my new aortic pericadium valve (CE). She thumbed through my file but had no information available and was rather off-hand with me. She referred me to the dispensing pharmacy...

I am now nearly 4 months post AVR with a bovine tissue valve, and doing great. In cardio rehab etc. I was wondering, is endocarditis more prevalent with tissue valves and how does one actually contract it? I am aware of the dental story and the controversy about needing prophylatic antibiotics...

HELLO !!! I am Tuschani, Johans 13 year old step daughter. Johan got driven to the hospital on tuesday by my mother,to get his things organised and get comfortable then on wednesday, the operation began i oviously wasnt allowed to see Johan in such a state that night, but my mother spoke to the...

I am now one week away from AVR surgery with the traditional full sternotomy. My surgeon does not believe in mini-sternotomies, not enough room to work in according to him. Last night met another surgeon at a social function and he tells me he does many mini-sternotomies for AVR. I now sit with...

My surgeon wants to do a bypass graft on the circumflex coronory artery"while he is in there". It is not strictly necessary at this stage (30% blockage. My question is, has any ,members had CABS with their valve replacement surgery? What are the additional issues with surgery (time on pump?) and...

I have not posted before but am an ardent follower since reluctantly agreeing in February 2009 with my cardiologist and surgeon that AVR is now indicated. My surgery date is 1 July 2009 and I was talked into a bovine tissue valve (I am now 66) Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Magna. The usual bit...