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Cardiac Surgery 101: How To Suture A Heart Valve Replacement (Video)

I am always looking for online videos that might help patients and caregivers better understand the heart valve surgery process.

I don’t know about you… But, as double heart valve surgery patient, I always wondered, “How is the heart valve replacement stitched inside the heart?”

Yesterday, I was on YouTube.com when I saw this interesting video about how cardiothoracic surgeons suture (stitch) heart valve replacements into place. The video also illustrates some differences in the suturing process for mechanical heart valve replacements and tissue valve replacements (e.g. pig valve replacement).

Video - How Tissue And Mechanical Heart Valve Relacements Are Sutured (Stitched) Into The Heart

If you would like to see this video about how heart surgeons stitch heart valve replacements into place at Youtube.com, simply click this link:

Using Sutures To Stitch A Heart Valve Replacement During Cardiac Surgery

Keep on tickin!

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