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Diagnosis: Mitral Regurgitation

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Guy Blachman posted an update

9 years ago (May 27, 2016)

Hi this is a post from a friend who needs to undergo mitral valve repair: I know it's a very personal decision but would appreciate your thoughts: I'm debating 2 options and can't make up my mind. One is staying really close to home, to my family and 3 small... Read more.

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Joanna Prisiajniouk

Wow, I didn't know that a surgeon actually cannot judge if minimally invasive would be possible until the actual surgery? Did you need a bypass as well!

Joanna Prisiajniouk

as well?? (Question mark, not explanation mark)

Gary Stripling

Personally I think the support from your family and being close to home is most important. Like Peggy said, the recovery part after surgery is the part most people minimize, but that's the part that takes the longest and requires the most help with.

Joanna Prisiajniouk

Thanks Peggy for sharing. That must have been hard in you to have discovered that. I just keep thinking that this should have been known from the start. I will be getting a second snd possibly third opinion on minimally invasive as what I'm learning is that not all surgeons... Read more.

Wanda Mroz

I had a choice and stuck with the sternotomy which turned out to be the wiser choice. I'd stick to the familiar myself but trust your gut... That will never be wrong. I trusted mine. ðŸ’ž

Guy Blachman posted an update

11 years ago (April 30, 2015)

Echo before Mitral Valve repair surgery: "The left atrium is severely dilated. There is 4+ (severe) mitral regurgitation." Echo 5 months after MV repair surgery: "The left atrium is normal. Compared to the previous study of 11/5/14, the mitral valve has been repaired with a reduction in left heart size.... Read more.

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