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Ruth joy posted a note for Julie that says:

Hi Julie ,
Good to hear from you ! You are doing great

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Dawn posted a note for Julie that says:

Hi Julie, I just started getting newsletters from this blog and am interested in your story. I have severe mitral valve regurgitation and my cardiac surgeon ...Read more

Hi Julie, I just started getting newsletters from this blog and am interested in your story. I have severe mitral valve regurgitation and my cardiac surgeon recommends open heart surgery and valve replacement for various reasons. I ‘m getting a second opinion about both at this time. Is a mini-thoracotomy a type of minimally invasive surgery?

Julie Stein The mini thoracotomy is the minimally invasive way. They deflate your right lung and go across. I had ... Read more

Julie Stein The mini thoracotomy is the minimally invasive way. They deflate your right lung and go across. I had issues. My groin had an issue from the cardiac catherization. So the surgeon had to fix the issue and could not do minima invasive. They moved on and a sternotomy which is opening the chest. Best wishes