Medical Advances: The Y-Incision Annular Enlargement Procedure
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Published: June 7, 2023
Patients needing an aortic valve replacement due to stenosis, regurgitation and/or a bicuspid aortic valve might be shocked to learn new research that heart valve replacement devices may not be properly sizes when implanted during surgery. As a result, the patient may not get the full benefit of a properly sized heart valve and the patient may need an accelerated reoperation due to device failure.
For these important reasons, Dr. Bo Yang, a leading cardiac surgeon at Michigan Medicine, developed the Y-Incision Annular Enlargement Procedure. I was very fortunate to interview Dr. Yang about his new, novel approach to helping patients. Click here to see my interview with Dr. Yang about the Y-Incision Annular Enlargement Procedure.
Many thanks to Dr. Yang for developing and educating our patient community about the Y-Incision Annular Enlargement Procedure!
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Adam
Written by Adam Pick
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