Hi Dan, regarding your incision pain and itching, has a doctor taken a closer look? Any chance that some type of foreign object may be irritating it, like a partial stitch?
Dan Marcantel
No Juts a torn chord with regurgitation. My valve was pretty text book and they caught it early enough for a 100% repair. The doctors at Mayo are very good and the Cardiac ICU is the best. You are in very good hands.
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