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By Adam Pick
Big News! FDA Approves SAPIEN 3 For Mitral & Aortic “Valve-In-Valve” Replacement!
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Medical Expert: James Wudel, MD
Page Last Updated: May 13, 2025
What Happened When 60 Patients & Caregivers Met for “Patient Day 2017” at Edwards Lifesciences?
By Adam Pick on June 7, 2017
Surgeon Q&A: Top 4 Facts About Mitral Valve Chords
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Medical Expert: Robert Saeid Farivar, MD, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Saint Alphonsus Health
Page Last Updated: June 6, 2025
Surgeon Q&A: What Should Patients Know About The New Class I AFib Ablation Recommendation?
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Medical Expert: Gorav Ailawadi, MD, Chair of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine
Page Last Updated: June 6, 2025
10 Years & 3 Heart Procedures Later, Paul Celebrates His Transcatheter Mitral “Valve-in-Valve” Replacement
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Medical Expert: Chris Malaisrie, MD, Cardiac Surgeon, Northwestern Medicine
Published: May 13, 2025
Doctor Q&A: When Can I Return to Normal Activity After Heart Surgery?
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Page Last Updated: July 12, 2025
12 Great Questions To Ask Your Heart Surgeon
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Page Last Updated: June 8, 2025
Technology Update: What Should Patients Know About Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy?
Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Medical Expert: Steven Bolling, MD, University of Michigan Health
Page Last Updated: May 13, 2025
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