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I am looking for a highly qualified and experienced heart surgeon (aortic valve replacement) for the elderly. Could you give me names of doctors in Fredericksburg, VA, Spotsylvania, VA and Richmond, VA? Also, can highly calcified aortic valves be reversed with treatment? Is open heart surgery the best way to go if surgery is a must? How about about less invasive procedures, are they as effective? And why would open heart be selected in my case? Any other advise you can give me is appreciated such as: are lifetime medications needed after surgery with a tissue valve? What are the risks of death because of advanced age and if successful is normal life be resumed without limitations? Thank you very much; God bless you. Joseph Newton
HI Thank for choosing HCM Beside the replacement of valve it can be repaired with balloon Technic for this you should be good candidates, but if the valve is highly calcified then this procedure is not possible here valve replacement would be the option remained then, transcutaneous aortic valve replacement is the Technic taken hand nowadays with great success it is minimal invasive procedure, in either valve the life long medicine is required, life acceptency is excellent with good medical care, have great day
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Can Any Online Doctor Help Me By Clarifying Doubts?
HI Thank for choosing HCM Beside the replacement of valve it can be repaired with balloon Technic for this you should be good candidates, but if the valve is highly calcified then this procedure is not possible here valve replacement would be the option remained then, transcutaneous aortic valve replacement is the Technic taken hand nowadays with great success it is minimal invasive procedure, in either valve the life long medicine is required, life acceptency is excellent with good medical care, have great day