Tag: open heart surgery
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What’s the Difference Between TAVR and Open-Heart Surgery?
According to the American Heart Association, aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common type of heart valve disease and affects about 20% of older Americans. For years, the only treatment for severe AS was open-heart surgery — or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Then, in 2012, the FDA approved a new treatment called transcatheter aortic…
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My Heart Journey — So Far
When my daughter was 4 years old, her doctor heard a faint clicking sound in her heart at a well-child visit. We discovered she had a bicuspid aortic valve and several other heart defects. She is now 19 and has always been asymptomatic and hasn’t needed surgery. Because a bicuspid valve is congenital, her cardiologist…
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A Custom Sock for a Special Girl
We got such an incredibly thoughtful surprise, which reminded me that despite all the scary and horrible things that are happening in the world, there are good people and good stories. Our daughter, Everly, was born with a congenital heart defect. She had her first open heart surgery, a STAT 5, at just three days…
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The Best Investment I Ever Made
By Robert Mosner My name is Robert Mosner; I was born in June 1955. When I finished college in 1977 my first job was in the BioMedical department at Union Memorial Hospital. After three years, I took a job at Beckman Instruments, continuing to work in the health care field. In 1980, when I left…