Aortic Valve Reconstruction: Patient Advantages for Keeping Your Own Tissue

Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Published: October 27, 2022

Not all patients with aortic valve disease need a mechanical or biological valve replacement. Let me repeat that... Not all patients with aortic stenosis or aortic regurgitation need a mechanical or biological valve replacement.

Thanks to advanced surgical techniques, known as aortic valve reconstruction, patients may greatly benefit from keeping their aortic valve tissue. To learn more about patient advantages from aortic valve reconstruction procedures, we just interviewed Dr. Chris Malaisrie, a leading aortic valve surgeon at Northwestern Medicine.

Click here to see our exclusive interview with Dr. Malaisrie.

Many thanks to Dr. Malaisrie for sharing these important insights with our patient community! In addition, I would like to thank the entire Northwestern Medicine team for helping so many patients from HeartValveSurgery.com with successful outcomes over the years!

Keep on tickin!
Adam

Written by Adam Pick
Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.

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