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Please take a look at the following book which I think would be far more useful. There are some reviews on Amazon as well as quite inexpensive used copies. The Open Heart Companion - Maggie Lichtenberg (Preparation and Guidance for Open-Heart Surgery Recovery)

http://www.decisivemagazine.com/health-fitness/preventative-health/why-patients-should-request-brain-monitor-anesthesia Anesthesiologist Warns of Fatal Dangers Of Going Under Dr. Barry Friedberg is on a crusade, and it has cost him dearly. “A lot of people wake up from surgery not quite the...

Primary aortic valve replacement with allografts over twenty-five years: valve-relate Primary aortic valve replacement with allografts over twenty-five years: valve-relate Primary aortic valve replacement with allografts over twenty-five years: valve-related and procedure-related determinants...

The homograft aortic valve: a 29-year, 99.3% follow up of 1,022 valve replacements. The homograft aortic valve: a 29-year, 99.3% follow up of 1,022 valve replacements. 1: J Heart Valve Dis 2001 May;10(3):334-44; discussion 335 The homograft aortic valve: a 29-year, 99.3% follow up of 1,022...

I would suggest you get a 2nd opinion and if necessary even a 3rd until you are completely satisfied that the echo techs or techs can establish very close to the same numbers of the original assuming those numbers are what were used to recommend surgery intervention. Good luck!

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/529590/ Dr. Hillel Laks (Beverly Hills, Calif.), professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was awarded a distinguished UCLA Chancellor?s Professorship April 30 at a reception in his honor at the Regency Club in...

The Heart Surgery Forum Issue: Volume 11, Number 5 / October 2008 Pages: E272 - E275 URL: Linking Options Does Stopping Amiodarone after Successfully Treating Atrial Fibrillation Occurring after Cardiac Surgery Increase the Risk of Recurrence? Saina Attaran A1, Roy...

Here is a link to an article on everything one might want to know, including treatments, on Keloid and Hypertrophic Scars. For the treatment part scroll down to section 6 http://www.emedicine.com/derm/TOPIC205.HTM

http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/12/25/1/a-conversation-with-dr-alain-f-carpentier A conversation with Dr. Alain F. Carpentier. In 2006, Dr. Carpentier performed an emergency mitral valve repair procedure on Charlie Rose.

http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/244/3/745 (Radiology 2007;244:745-754.) © RSNA, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiac Imaging Aortic Valve Area Assessment: Multidetector CT Compared with Cine MR Imaging and Transthoracic and...

http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/2/467 Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:467-472 © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Articles: Cardiovascular Stentless Versus Conventional Xenograft...

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/297/18/2018?lookupType=volpage&vol=297&fp=2018&view=short Vol. 297 No. 18, May 9, 2007 Aspirin Dose for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease A Systematic Review Charles L. Campbell, MD; Susan Smyth, MD, PhD; Gilles Montalescot, MD, PhD...

http://valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?p=52056 Senator Bob Graham Garrison Keillor Lewis Grizzard Bobby Darrin

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/297/14/1562 Vol. 297 No. 14, April 11, 2007 Corticosteroids for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery A Randomized Controlled Trial Jari Halonen, MD; Pirjo Halonen, PhD; Otso Järvinen, MD, PhD; Panu Taskinen, MD; Tommi...

http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/83/1/40 Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:40-46 © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Original Articles: Cardiovascular Multicentered European Study on Safety and Effectiveness of the On-X Prosthetic Heart Valve: Intermediate Follow-Up George M...

No problem, your views are much appreciated.

http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/6/2123 Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2123-2132 © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Articles: Cardiovascular What Prosthesis Should Be Used at Valve...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16039189&query_hl=3&itool=pubmed_docsum 1: Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Aug;80(2):480-6; discussion 486-7. Links Ten-year outcome after aortic valve replacement with the freestyle stentless...

http://icvts.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/5/4/398?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&minscore=5000&resourcetype=HWCIT Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2006;5:398-402. doi:10.1510/icvts.2005.122382 © 2006 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_Flesh_and_Bone_I_ABRIDGED.html Saturday, June 10, 2006 · Last updated 11:13 a.m. PT Surgeries using cadaver tissue pose risks By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AND SETH BORENSTEIN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERS Dr. James Forsell, senior vice president of Tissue...