{"id":23972,"date":"2017-12-29T08:49:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T13:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=23972"},"modified":"2026-01-10T10:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:15:16","slug":"top10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2017\/12\/29\/top10\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Heart Valve Stories of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yay! 2017 was another AMAZING year for our community!<\/p>\n

The past 12 months was full of patient education and patient empowerment. As we get ready to enter 2018\u2026 Let\u2019s look back at the stories that inspired, educated and connected the wonderful people in our community.<\/p>\n

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10. \u00a0Top 5 Facts: Aortic Stenosis Progression<\/h2>\n

Aortic stenosis is a wildly misunderstood form of heart disease that impacts 12% of the elderly population. To help our community learn more about this disease, we asked Dr. Kevin Accola, a leading heart valve surgeon at AdventHealth (formerly Florida Hospital), to explain the progression of aortic stenosis. Our community responded quickly and favorably to Dr. Accola’s comments with over 1,400 social shares. Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n

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9. \u00a0Is Aortic Valve Repair A Global Phenomenon?<\/h2>\n

In October… Our “Ask Adam Anything” video series – filmed live at the Heart Valve Summit in Chicago – was a smashing success. \u00a0In this video with Dr. Vinay Badhwar<\/a>, who is the Professor and Executive Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at West Virginia University Medicine, we discussed the latest breakthroughs in aortic valve repair. \u00a0Considering that most of our educational content has focused on mitral valve repair, this video zipped across the HVS social network and quickly received over 1,900 social shares. In just 3 days, this video was watched for over 12,135 minutes!<\/p>\n