{"id":896,"date":"2009-08-18T23:07:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T04:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/08\/18\/karate-after-heart-surgery\/"},"modified":"2019-01-14T19:20:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T00:20:56","slug":"karate-after-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/08\/18\/karate-after-heart-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Karate Instructor, John Doss, Recovers After Heart Valve Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a great patient success story about John Doss, a 56-year old Karate instructor from Michigan. Doctor Ali Kafi, Chief of Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery, from Detroit Medical Center, performed the aortic valve replacement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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During the video, Dr. Ali Kafi references the use of a mini-sternotomy<\/em>. To give you a visual comparison of a mini-sternotomy incision versus a full sternotomy scar, please consider the pictures below. The first picture shows a patient with a mini-sternotomy.<\/p>\n

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The second picture shows a patient (that’s me) one week after double heart valve replacement. Due to the complex nature of my Ross Procedure<\/a>, Dr. Starnes was forced to use a median sternotomy. As you can see, there is about a five-inch difference in the size of the incision site.<\/p>\n

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Also, Dr. Kafi referenced some interesting concepts about heart valve surgery in the video about John Doss. To learn more, simply click any of the hyperlinks below:<\/p>\n