Cheung's Journal

Dear friends This is Chris from Beijing, I am writing to Inquiry of Minimally-invasive valve surgery for my mom who had her mitral valve replacement processing In 1995 at Anzhen Hospital in Beijing at her 40 y/o. As I see it was an amazingly successful heart valve surgery even though with her cracking open the chest, which was a painful memory of 'death' for her. We were told that the mechanical valve that was placed in her heart got a maximum 30 y/o lifespan. Now 23 years passed, My mom, has been very healthy with the valve inside her heart from where I could hear its ticking every moment. I started to think about the possibility to change it a second time as now the minimally invasive technology is mature and less painful so that my mom could face it without fears and live a longer life with me and our families. If the doctor also advises her to undergo valve replacement again, I want to take her to the United States where we all trust most for the surgery. It would be greatly appreciated if you could reply and let us know the possibility and how we start. Best wishes, Chris Cheung