Aortic Valve Replacement For Treating Leaking Or Degenerating Heart Valves

Main Category: Heart Disease
Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology;  Medical Devices / Diagnostics
Article Date: 06 Nov 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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When a patient ages, some heart valves, specifically the aortal valve, can begin to wear down. On Thursday, November 6th at 3 PM Eastern, join cardiac surgeons Alan Markowitz, MD, and Arie Blitz, MD, as they present a Freestyle Aortic Root Replacement. In addition to this viewers will also have the opportunity to see a replacement of ascending aorta and hemi-arch under circulatory arrest.

The procedure will utilize a unique pig valve prosthesis that can be made patient-specific when repairing the damaged aortic valve. Dr. Markowitz explains, "In my opinion, this is the best prosthetic valve we've ever had available for human implantation in the aortic position, primarily because we can cut and shape this to anyone's architecture."

Participate in this interactive program and learn more about heart valve repair.

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