As elective surgery, I had my first heart valve operation in 1997 to repair my congenital bi-cuspid aortic valve. The initial repair worked well for 3 days, then tore. As a result the surgeons talked me into a pig valve which they said would last from 8 to 16 years. What they neglected to tell […]
Failed tissue valve patient is grateful to receive an On-X heart valve
September 11, 2013 By Allison Scollan
Filed Under: Patient Stories Tagged With: bi-cuspid aortic valve, patient story, pig valve, tissue valve