{"id":34017,"date":"2021-09-29T19:38:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T00:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=34017"},"modified":"2025-11-24T22:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:55:29","slug":"tavr-valve-in-valve-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2021\/09\/29\/tavr-valve-in-valve-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Warrior Spotlight: Sonny Gets Outpatient Valve Replacement Reoperation!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s one thing to be told you need heart valve surgery.<\/p>\n

It’s another thing to be told you need a second heart surgery because your tissue valve replacement is failing ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n

That is the exact situation that Sonny Abassi, an attorney from Vienna, Virginia, recently experienced.\u00a0 According to his cardiologist… Sonny’s aortic valve replacement, which was surgically implanted six years ago, was unfortunately calcified. To mitigate the dangerous risks of aortic stenosis, Sonny needed a reoperation.<\/p>\n

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\"AorticSonny Abassi (Surgical & Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Patient)<\/p>\n

 
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\nBeyond the frustration.. Beyond the concern… Beyond the fear… Sonny did not waiver in his personal resolve to get a transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve operation performed at the Cleveland Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ultimately… It was Sonny’s resolve that generated the ear-to-ear smile you see on his face after his aortic valve re-operation on September 23, 2021. Fyi, the picture above was taken just a few hours after Sonny’s new aortic valve was implanted inside his failing valve without an incision to his chest or ribs.
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Sonny’s Patient Insights Right After TAVR<\/h2>\n

While Sonny and I have talked several times over the years, we engaged in a rapid-fire email exchange following his TAVR procedure.\u00a0 Here are several insights that Sonny shared with me:<\/p>\n