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Top 5 Complications After Heart Valve Surgery

When patients experience complications after heart valve surgery, it can be confusing, frustrating and scary. Are complications common? What are the top 5 complications experienced by patients? How are those complications treated after heart surgery? Watch this video with Dr. Joanna Chikwe, Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, to get answers to those important questions. (Video posted on December 14, 2022)

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Dr. Joanna Chikwe, Chair, Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Joanna Chikwe

Chair, Cardiac Surgery

Cedars-Sinai

Los Angeles, CA

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