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Beef Tissue, Valve Etc
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Beef Tissue, Valve Etc

by paul Melton, Dec 18, 1999 12:00AM
My FATHER WHO IS 78 YEARS OLD WANTS TO FIND A VIDEO ONAORTA VALUE REPLACEMENT HE IS GOING FOR THE OPERATION IN JAN 2000, HE WANTED TO SEE YEAR2000 BEFOREHE HE HAD THE OPERATION. HIS DOCTORS TOLD HIM ABOUT A BEEF TISSUE VALUE THAT THEY WOULD USE ANY VIDEO I CAN PURCHASE WOULD BE HELPFULL TO CALM HIS FEARS,HE IS A VETERNARIAN WHO UNDERSTANDS MEDICAL TERMS. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET A VIDEO FOR HIM EVEN ONE USING A PIG VALVE
OR WHAT IS AVAILABLE THANK YOU ***@****

by CCF CARDIO MD - DLB, Dec 18, 1999 12:00AM
Very likely, the medical center where he is having surgery would have such videos that they would allow him to see. I know we have such videos for all our patients.
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by Ted, Dec 18, 1999 12:00AM
I am getting a homograft aortic valve replacement at the Cleveland Clinic in late Feb ..Is there a video available that I could watch before the operation also?? I wasn't aware of that possiblity until reading this..

Thanks
Ted

by Robert, Dec 19, 1999 12:00AM
Ted, I am also planning on AVR surgery in January or February.  Drop me an e-mail if you would like to share notes on what is ahead for us.  ***@****

by CCF CARDIO MD - DLB, Dec 19, 1999 12:00AM
Yes we have general educational videos for our patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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