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This is my first post as a new member. I am 61 years old and 7 years out from an initial mitral valve repair. Echo measurements indicate probable re-repair or replacement, but I am not convinced due to conflicting opinions among cardiologists and surgeons at the Emory Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic. I have made an appointment for late July at the Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Center in Rochester, but haven't yet made specific requests for doctor consultations.
Please reply if you can recommend Mayo valve specialty surgeon(s) or cardiologists. My objectives are to better determine WHEN I need to go again, and if re-repair shouldn't be attempted, what is the best Bio replace option. (Emory surgeons suggest the Medtronic Mosaic, Cleveland surgeons seem to favor the bovine pericardium variety.)
Please reply if you can recommend Mayo valve specialty surgeon(s) or cardiologists. My objectives are to better determine WHEN I need to go again, and if re-repair shouldn't be attempted, what is the best Bio replace option. (Emory surgeons suggest the Medtronic Mosaic, Cleveland surgeons seem to favor the bovine pericardium variety.)