Charles Haas - Heart Valve Journal

Steven A Husted GREAT NEWS I PRAY YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT RECOVERY

Suzanne Moore That is wonderful! Very encouraging as I lead up to surgery. Thank you!

Emily Rowley That's excellent to hear you've making good progress during recovery.
May I ask how come they placed ... Read more

Charles Haas They use a ring to reinforce the mitral valve - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_valve_annulo ... Read more

Mitral valve annuloplasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_valve_annuloplasty

Mitral valve annuloplasty is a surgical technique for the repair of leaking mitral valves. Due to various factors, the two leaflets normally involved in sealing the mitral valve to retrograde flow may not coapt properly. Surgical repair typically involves the implantation of a device surrounding the mitral valve, called an annuloplasty device, which pulls the leaflets together to facilitate coaptation and aids to re-establish mitral valve function.

Steven A Husted you are doing fine i love my cardio rehab phase 3 it helps to be around other heart patients

Sophia Ridley Charles, fabulous news - sounds like your recovery is going very well.
I've seen a number of posts ... Read more

Charles Haas Pre-surgery, I was walking 3-4 miles. Last week I was splitting this up into about two equal sized w ... Read more

Sophia Ridley Thank you. You sounded rather fit before op and it's paying dividends now, and must be very satisfyin ... Read more

Charles Haas Just paying back all the wonderful folks who posted when I was pre-op. I've got an iPhone which has ... Read more

Elaine Cutri Congratulations Charles! Best wishes on your continued recovery. Be kind to your body, time will heal ... Read more

Ihn Kim Congratulations for your successful surgery and steady recovery! I have one quick question if you don ... Read more

Gerald Schaffer Congrats on being home. You'll find your recovery will go so much better now that your out of the hos ... Read more

Charles Haas Ihn - I have always had all my health care (at least for the last 15+ years) in the University of Pen ... Read more

Jean Raber Ihn, my mother had her heart surgery at a smaller regional hospital, and visiting nurse and physical ... Read more

Liz Burroughs I'm glad that you had a successful MV repair & that you're back home. Good luck w/your recovery!

Nancy D Welcome to the group!
There is a wealth of information here and folks of many different experiences ... Read more

Mary Ann Espelage Hello, Charles, my cardiologist and surgeon also recommended the traditional open heart surgery. I t ... Read more

Tammy Pilcher Hi Charles, I had my bicuspid aortic valve replaced and an aortic root enlargement on Oct. 31,2014. ... Read more

Sonny Abbasi I have heard Penn is very good from somebody who had a procedure there. But that is just one person. ... Read more

Susan Wozniak I had minimally invasive three weeks ago. Very Littlr pain but he numbed the area and it is still ve ... Read more

Tom Elliott Hi Charles. I also had mitral regurgitation and had a valve repair via full sternotomy. My surgeon wa ... Read more

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