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Re: AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
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Re: AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
by CCF Cardio MD - MTR, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By CCF CARDIO MD - MTR on March 01, 1999 at 23:14:32:
In Reply to: AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT posted by GENE on February 26, 1999 at 15:54:00:
I am a 67 year old male in generally good health. The Cooper Clinic in Dallas, where I have had annual physical exams for about 15 years, had me in for a six month follow echocardiogram in January.
The result was "only a slight progression in the aortic stenosis. The left side of the hear dimensions and contractility have not changed significantly. The increase in thickness of the muscle in the left ventricle does no appear to have changed. It does not appear that there is a need for consideration of valve replacement at this time."
I will have another followup in June 1999.
I have read many of your postings on this subject and, as I suspected, the choice of institutions, hence doctors, is crucial.
My questions are simple...are there lengthy waits before gaining admittance to the Cleveland Clinic? Are there living facilities convenient to the center for family members? How long would a patient be expected to remain in the vicenity of the Clinic after surgery?
Thanks for your webpage and (hopefully) your response.
Dear Gene, thank you for your question. It doesn't sound like you need an aortic valve replacement at this point. However, if you would like to have surgery here at Cleveland Clinic when it becomes necessary, we would be happy to facilitate that for you. Generally, you can get an elective outpatient appointment here within a month and elective surgery usually has a 2 - 4 week waiting time. We have two hotels immediately next door to our hospital where families usually stay and the accommodations are nice. Generally, the post-operative stay is 5 - 7 days after aortic valve replacement and we ask out-of-town patients to wait 1 - 2 days after discharge before returning home.
I hope you find this information useful. Information provided in the heart forum is for general purposes only. Only your physician can provide specific diagnoses and therapies. Please feel free to write back with additional questions. Good luck!
If you would like to make an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center, please call 1-800-CCF-CARE or inquire online by using the Heart Center website at www.ccf.org/heartcenter. The Heart
Center website contains a directory of the cardiology staff that can be used to select the physician best suited to address your cardiac problem.
In Reply to: AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT posted by GENE on February 26, 1999 at 15:54:00:
I am a 67 year old male in generally good health. The Cooper Clinic in Dallas, where I have had annual physical exams for about 15 years, had me in for a six month follow echocardiogram in January.
The result was "only a slight progression in the aortic stenosis. The left side of the hear dimensions and contractility have not changed significantly. The increase in thickness of the muscle in the left ventricle does no appear to have changed. It does not appear that there is a need for consideration of valve replacement at this time."
I will have another followup in June 1999.
I have read many of your postings on this subject and, as I suspected, the choice of institutions, hence doctors, is crucial.
My questions are simple...are there lengthy waits before gaining admittance to the Cleveland Clinic? Are there living facilities convenient to the center for family members? How long would a patient be expected to remain in the vicenity of the Clinic after surgery?
Thanks for your webpage and (hopefully) your response.
Dear Gene, thank you for your question. It doesn't sound like you need an aortic valve replacement at this point. However, if you would like to have surgery here at Cleveland Clinic when it becomes necessary, we would be happy to facilitate that for you. Generally, you can get an elective outpatient appointment here within a month and elective surgery usually has a 2 - 4 week waiting time. We have two hotels immediately next door to our hospital where families usually stay and the accommodations are nice. Generally, the post-operative stay is 5 - 7 days after aortic valve replacement and we ask out-of-town patients to wait 1 - 2 days after discharge before returning home.
I hope you find this information useful. Information provided in the heart forum is for general purposes only. Only your physician can provide specific diagnoses and therapies. Please feel free to write back with additional questions. Good luck!
If you would like to make an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center, please call 1-800-CCF-CARE or inquire online by using the Heart Center website at www.ccf.org/heartcenter. The Heart
Center website contains a directory of the cardiology staff that can be used to select the physician best suited to address your cardiac problem.
