Comments on: Edwards’ Sapien Update: Positive Trial Results Announced http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/10/14/edwards-sapien-update-positive-trial-results-announced/ Former Patient And Author, Adam Pick, Blogs About Heart Valve Replacement And Heart Valve Repair Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ed Williams http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/10/14/edwards-sapien-update-positive-trial-results-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-6322 Ed Williams Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:38:10 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/10/14/edwards-sapien-update-positive-trial-results-announced/#comment-6322 So a big question for those of us awaiting our first aortic valve replacement: if the trials continue to show excellent results, how long might it typically take until this procedure gains Federal approval and the average person can look forward to this being the first-choice procedure for a normal aortic valve replacement? Two years? Five? Ten? Thanks, Adam, for the book and the great updates. So a big question for those of us awaiting our first aortic valve replacement: if the trials continue to show excellent results, how long might it typically take until this procedure gains Federal approval and the average person can look forward to this being the first-choice procedure for a normal aortic valve replacement? Two years? Five? Ten?

Thanks, Adam, for the book and the great updates.

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