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Can Chemotherapy Be Taken After Having Heart Valve Replacement?

Can you have chemo and radiation treatment with having a pig heart transplant alreadymy father just found out he has colon cancer and he is going to have to go through surgery and chemo and radiation she also had area he had an aortic valve replacement in November what effect will that have on him
Fri, 25 Sep 2015
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Hello dear. I have gone through the details. Chemotherapy can be taken with a valve replacement if the heart function as measured by echocardiography is normal. Visit your doctor for echocardiography. Thanks.
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Can Chemotherapy Be Taken After Having Heart Valve Replacement?

Hello dear. I have gone through the details. Chemotherapy can be taken with a valve replacement if the heart function as measured by echocardiography is normal. Visit your doctor for echocardiography. Thanks.