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	<title>Adam&#039;s Heart Valve Surgery Blog &#187; Heart Valve Surgery</title>
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		<title>Heart Valve Summit Video #6: &#8220;Is Heart Valve Surgery Common For Elderly Patients?&#8221; Asks Wanda</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2011/11/17/elderly-common-cardiac-steven-bolling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitral Valve Repair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the Heart Valve Summit, Wanda sent me two great questions. She wrote, &#8220;Adam &#8211; What is the oldest person that a surgeon has operated on? Is it common for the elderly to have heart valve surgery? Thanks! Wanda&#8221; As I receive this question often &#8212; from patients and caregivers &#8212; I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What Are My Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery Risks?&#8221; Asks Sharon</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2011/10/21/aortic-valve-replacement-surgery-risks-mortality-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just received an email from Sharon that rekindled a memory. Sharon writes, &#8220;Hi Adam &#8211; I was recently diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and I need an aortic valve replacement. Even though I&#8217;m 62 and in relatively good shape, I&#8217;m worried about making it through. Do you know what the mortality rates and surgery risks are for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trivia: What Is The Most Common Heart Valve Defect?</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2011/09/16/most-common-heart-defect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Time for your heart valve trivia of the day&#8230; Here&#8217;s the question: Your multiple choice answers are: A. Mitral valve prolapse B. Calcified aortic valve C. Torn mitral valve chordae D. Bicuspid aortic valve E. None of the above According to Medical News Today, the most common heart valve defect is&#8230; Can you bare the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How To Manage The Fear &amp; Anxiety Before Heart Valve Surgery?&#8221; Asks Sophia</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2011/05/14/fear-anxiety-marc-gillinov-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2011/05/14/fear-anxiety-marc-gillinov-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 21:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Heart Surgeons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sophia sent me a very appropriate question about two emotions experienced by most patients prior to heart valve surgery. She writes, &#8220;Adam &#8211; I’m 62 and diagnosed with mitral regurgitation. I need surgery and I&#8217;m scared out of my mind. Is there anything the surgeons can share that could ease my fear and anxiety?&#8221; Luckily, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big 5th Birthday Wishes And Heart Valve Prayers For Sarah!</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2011/03/10/sarah-weir-mitral-valve-regurgitation-patient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2011/03/10/sarah-weir-mitral-valve-regurgitation-patient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we started HeartValveJournals.com, our social network, I didn&#8217;t know what to expect. But now, 15 months later, I am constantly touched, moved and inspired by the patients and the caregivers who openly share their hearts in this special community. Just now, I was surfing through the website when I came across the journal of Sarah [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 10 Heart Valve Surgery Blogs Of 2010!</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/12/31/top-blogs-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/12/31/top-blogs-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During 2010, this global community of patients and caregivers actively discussed many topics that impacted our own, heart valve surgery experiences. That said, I just reviewed all 179 posts from 2010 to determine the &#8220;Top 10 Heart Valve Surgery Blogs of 2010&#8243;. To develop this list, I used several factors including web traffic reports, your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Why Did My Heart Valve Replacement Go Bad?&#8221; Asks Steve</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/11/24/heart-valve-replacement-failure-aortic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/11/24/heart-valve-replacement-failure-aortic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to our recent discussion about re-operation rates, I just received an interesting question from Steve about tissue valve replacements and the potential reasons for premature failure. Steve writes to me, &#8220;Hi Adam &#8211; It has been 16 months since my aortic valve replacement. I am being told I need another bovine valve [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Are Pacemaker Implants Common After Heart Valve Surgery?&#8221; Asks Frank</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/11/08/pacemaker-maze-procedure-after-heart-valve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/11/08/pacemaker-maze-procedure-after-heart-valve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just received an interesting question from Frank about heart rhythms after heart valve surgery. Frank writes, &#8220;I had a tricuspid valve repair, a Patent Foramen Ovalve (PFO) repaired and a Maze procedure performed in July.  Now, it appears I will need to have a pacemaker put in next week. I was told that my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Uecker Requires Heart Valve Re-Operation Due To Infection</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/10/19/bob-uecker-heart-valve-replacement-reoperation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/10/19/bob-uecker-heart-valve-replacement-reoperation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Considering our recent discussion about heart valve re-operations, often referred to as &#8220;Re-Dos&#8221;, I wanted to wish Bob Uecker a very successful surgery today. If you didn&#8217;t know, Bob Uecker &#8212; who was anointed  &#8220;Mr. Baseball&#8221; by Johnny Carson &#8212; will undergo his second heart valve surgery during the past six months. Bob Uecker &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Will The Surgeon &#8216;Ice&#8217; My Heart During Surgery?&#8221; Asks Alma</title>
		<link>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/10/17/ice-cardioplegia-open-heart-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2010/10/17/ice-cardioplegia-open-heart-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just received an interesting question from Alma about a critical step during heart valve repair and heart valve replacement surgeries. Alma writes, &#8220;Adam &#8211; I&#8217;m going in for surgery next week. Thanks to your book, my anxiety has greatly decreased. I&#8217;m curious&#8230; I know my heart is going to be cooled and stopped during surgery. [...]]]></description>
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