Heart Valve Replacement

The valves of your heart pump the blood through the body. When your hearts “doorways” (valves) do not function like normal you blood does not move to the organs of the body causing a lack of oxygen that gives you two options to help this imbalance: repair or replace. The decision cannot usually be determined until after surgery has begun and surgeon sees the damage to he heart. During both repair and replacement your heart must be stopped before the incision is made. Your blood is kept moving by a “heart-lung machine”. To repair a heart valve you can usually, in ...