I juut came across this interesting video about women, heart valve disease and heart valve replacement surgery.
If you would like to watch this patient video about Donna Stricklett. If so, simply press the play button and make sure the volume on your computer is on.
There’s no doubt about it. Doctor David Adams from Mount Sinai in New York deserves a lot of credit for his surgical skills. Many, many, many patients I speak with praise Dr. Adams and his team - especially for mitral valve repair surgeries.
That said, I thought you might like to see Dr. Adams at work. Here is a mitral valve repair video of a 50-year old physician suffering from mitral valve regurgitation due to valve leaflet prolapse. Simply press the “play” button and make sure the volume on your computer is turned up to watch this video.
He writes, “Adam - Thanks for your book and blog. I’m 47 years old and in the ‘waiting room’ right now. I have a mitral valve prolapse with moderate mitral regurg. My cardiologist thinks I may need surgery within the next 1-2 years. Curious to know if you have any echocardiograms that show a severe mitral valve prolapse with mitral regurgitation? Thanks, Brian”
Sure thing Brian! Here is an echocardiogram of a mitral valve prolapse. Although the video has no sound, you can see a significant mixture of blue and red colors near the valve. (The colors in the echocardiogram indicate the motion of blood around the mitral valve.)
If you look even closer, you can see that the mitral valve in this echocardiogram has severe prolapse. You can see the failure of the mitral leaflets to seal tightly. Plus, the rampant mixture of red and blue colors in the echocardiogram illustrates significant backward blood flow. Unfortunately for this patient, I believe this is a very diseased mitral valve that may require surgery.
I hope this echocardiogram of the mitral valve prolapse was helpful.
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, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of an actual heart valve surgery patient. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.
Here is a very interesting, 5-minute video specific to aortic and mitral valve surgery. This aortic / mitral valve video follows the stories two patients - a mitral valve repair patient and an aortic valve replacement patient.
Mitral Valve Patient - One part of the video documents Tom Cross’ mitral valve repair procedure by Doctor Peter Birnbaum. Tom was suffering from leaking heart valve symptoms.
Aortic Valve Patient - The other part of the video focuses on Ernest Hein. Ernest is an elderly patient that requires bicuspid aortic valve replacement. Doctor Richard Gregory is his surgeon.
Both surgeons referenced in the aortic, mitral valve video are based in Fresno, California. To watch the aortic & mitral valve surgery video, simply press the play button in the middle of the screen below and make sure that your volume is turned up.
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, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of an actual heart valve surgery patient. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.
Awhile back, I asked you all a simple question, “How can I make this blog and website better?” I got some great feedback. One of the suggestions I received was to embed heart valve surgery video clips into the blog. I shared this idea with my programmer a few weeks ago. Earlier this morning, my programmer told me that I could now upload videos directly into my blog.
That said, this is a video test blog! Since we have had some recent discussions about minimally invasive heart valve replacement (especially mini sternotomy), I have posted a YouTube video that tells the story of John Doss - 56 year-old a patient that had aortic valve replacement with a mini sternotomy.
I hope this works for you. Simply press the “play button” in the middle of the screen. And, please make sure to have your volume on and turned up to listen to the story.
Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of an actual heart valve surgery patient. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.
All rights reserved. Use of this website, Heart-Valve-Surgery.com assumes acceptance of the terms herein. All logos, pictures and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. This website has been developed and presented by Adam Pick, author of "The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery." Patient's stories herein, and the language used regarding heart valve replacement and heart valve repair, is intended to inform and educate. HOWEVER, it does not imply that you or anyone else will receive the same outcome. As with any medical procedure, results will vary among individuals, and there could be pain or substantial risks involved. These concerns should be discussed with your health care provider prior to any treatment so that you have proper informed consent and understand that there are no guarantees to healing. Adam Pick does not offer medical advice on this website. This information about valve replacement and repair is offered for educational purposes only. Do not act or rely upon our information without seeking independent professional medical advice. The transmission of this information does not create any relationship between you and Adam Pick. Adam Pick does not guarantees the accuracy, completeness, usefulness, or adequacy of any information available at or from this transmission. Heart Valve Replacement and Heart Valve Repair
