http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/04/stem-cells-and-heart-valve-replacements/#comment-7075 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:20:03 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/04/stem-cells-and-heart-valve-replacements/#comment-7075 In January '89, I received a St. Jude prosthetic aortic valve. Coincidentally, I had been a CV surgical assistant (prior to the procedure) to the surgeon who did my case, Robert Richardson, M.D. at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Obviously, I am very interested in Stem Cell research and how I could replace my current valve with one composed of my own tissue. I look forward to hearing more about this research and the potential it has. -Rick Pruett, Sugar Hill, GA In January ‘89, I received a St. Jude prosthetic aortic valve. Coincidentally, I had been a CV surgical assistant (prior to the procedure) to the surgeon who did my case, Robert Richardson, M.D. at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Obviously, I am very interested in Stem Cell research and how I could replace my current valve with one composed of my own tissue. I look forward to hearing more about this research and the potential it has. -Rick Pruett, Sugar Hill, GA

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