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Special Announcement: Dr. Eric Roselli’s Chat Transcript Ready For Free Download!

July 10th, 2010

This past Wednesday, Dr. Eric Roselli, a leading heart surgeon from The Cleveland Clinic, hosted an exclusive internet chat with our patient and caregiver community. Thanks to your questions and your participation, this was a very active and educational chat that is now available in a written transcript.

To download the official transcript (in pdf format), simply click here to save the file to your computer. Please note, you must use Adobe Reader to open and review the transcript. You can download a free copy of Adobe Reader software by clicking here. (FYI, most computers come with this software pre-loaded.)

Thanks to the Patient Education Team at The Cleveland Clinic – Betsy, Megan, Samiya – for coordinating this event. Thanks to you for your attendance and questions. And, a special thanks to Dr. Eric Roselli for sharing his time and expertise with all of us.

Have a great weekend!

Keep on tickin!

About The Author: Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. This unique book integrates clinical research with the personal experiences of 135 former patients to help future patients and their caregivers better understand the problems, the opportunities and the realities of heart valve surgery. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.

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Lynn Walka says on July 18th, 2010 at 8:27 am

Dear Adam, After all my research, your book gave me a reality check as I enter my aortic heart valve replacement surgery on July 20th. Your book has been fantastic and you pushed me to start my journal last night. So of course all those well wishes I am getting already are giving me strength in addition to all you have said. I look forward to being 110% and playing singles tennis, skiing, working out, etc. at almost 59 when my recovery is complete. Your book was one of the best gifts I have bought myself since ‘Why French Women Don;t Get Fat”. Lots of love to you, Lynn

 


sharon umrau says on July 19th, 2010 at 5:09 pm

dear Adam,
Your book was a tremendous help to my family when my father was having mitral valve repair and bypass surgery. However seven months after surgery when he had an echocardiogram done it was found that there was an ‘insiignificant leak’. The left atrium is dilated and there was a little swelling. He was told that there was no swelling on hom so maybe the swelling was nothing to worry about. Are these things normal after heart valve surgery? L would really appreciate a response, since I live ib Trinidad and no one so far seems to have an answer.
Thanks
Sharon

 

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