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On Foldax - My understanding is (hey guys, please correct me if you have a different understanding) Their goal is to provide a heart valve product that will last “a lifetime” (Younger folks will not have to face the difficult decision of mechanical or tissue) It will also solve the problem of...

Please share your whole story on your Dr. Sakwa surgery!

Hi Freebird, I had Open Heart surgery with a Quad By-pass 3 years ago, (at 76). The overall experience was much less painful and stressful than I was worried it would be. The day that I was released, we were given an instruction sheet and 6-7 prescriptions. Once home I remember struggling to...

Now that I read a few of the links and researched this it appears that while the future plans call for this new foldax valve to be inserted by transcatheter techniques, according to his surgeon (Dr. Sakwa), “he was an ideal candidate for a minimally invasive approach". (It appears that Dr...

Very interesting - but it is not clear to me exactly how the new valve was placed - was it open heart surgery or transcatheter ? It doesn't say how long the hospital stay was? Would like to see more details.