redo of regurtative pig aortic valve

[dck265]

my dad is a young 87. last year still cutting the lawn, moving patio blocks..... this past year not so good. hospitalized in jan for chf  (SEVERE LEAKING AORTIC PIG VALVE)  his history starts with vein stripping in his 50's...quad bypass in his sixties...redo bypass plus aortic valve replacement in his 70's...and then another redo bypass when he was 80 using 1 mammary.  he was turned away from the EDWARDS SAPIEN PARTNER in columbia ny and in pa. b/c of the bypasses and his previous aortic valve replacement.  so.......my dad wants to live...his wife (my mom) is 10 years younger than him and full of life.  his whole close family is looking for an solution for his situation....is there nothing out there?  what about regenerative medicine? /////////////////////please help us...............
PS: his cardiologist says to try to investigate all possibilities and he will provide whatever info is needed.

[Encephalomalcia]

Did any of his doctors mention doing a valve replacement through a catheter?  I spoke to heart surgeons when my mom was having heart surgery, and they told me that they have been doing valve replacements through a catheter for some patients.  They were running into some problems with heavy bleeding afterward, but said that this was the way of the future and that in the future there will no longer be open heart surgery as we know it today.  With the surgery your dad as had before puts him at a high risk for open heart surgeries due to all the nodes and scar tissue that is there after the previous surgeries.  There is high risk of extremely heavy bleeding.  The catheter may be an option for him.  Ask his doctors if they think that he would be a candidate for this procedure.  You can "google" it for more information under "valve replacement through catheter".  There are videos online of the procedure to watch.  

[Dr J Singh]

Hi,
Whenever there’s a problem in the bioprosthetic  valve(like the porcine valve in your father’s case), the answer lies in replacing it with a mechanical valve but it has got it’s own challenges like using anti-coagulant drugs to ensure there’s no clotting of blood and monitoring their doses. In your father’s case, the bigger challenge is the surgery as he has undergone multiple surgeries in the past and there must be many adhesions which would have formed and probably this is restricting the surgeons for exploring him further.
The answer to this problem is only a valve replacement. Maybe you can consult some experts in cardiac surgery who have done such surgeries in the past and they can help.
I hope that helps. Please do keep me posted. Kind Regards.