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Wait, what? Are you saying that replacing a valve in your heart is "a fairly straightforward minimally invasive procedure"?
by MikeTheGreat 5y ago
Wait, what?
Are you saying that replacing a valve in your heart is "a fairly straightforward minimally invasive procedure"?
- W0lf 5y agoPretty much standard procedure nowadays. The search term for this is TAVI (Transcatether Aortic Valve Implantation)
- MikeTheGreat 5y agoHuh. This is pretty cool: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcatheter-aortic-valve-replacement/about/pac-20384698 https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcatheter-ao... They say that you might stay a night in the ICU, or perhaps a couple, but that's way way better than the week+ and months of recovery. Well, I learn something new everyday - thanks!
- xwdv 5y agoYes, you can probably be in and out same day or maybe the next day.
- MikeTheGreat 5y agoReading between the lines, https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcatheter-aortic-valve-replacement/about/pac-20384698 https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcatheter-ao... says you'll probably be there overnight. I, for one, would be really really nervous about having a major operation on a critical-for-my-life organ and then going home. I would definitely want some close observation even if it's 'just' for 12-24 hours.
- xwdv 5y agoWell if it fails you probably die suddenly.