Here’s a great patient success story about the medical miracle of valve surgery…
When Jeffrey Kistler began gasping for air at night, the suspected cause was sleep apnea. But when the problem persisted, worsening when lying down and getting better when he sat up, he went to the emergency room, which prompted abundant follow-up tests involving [...]

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Every once-and-a-while, I receive patient email that is both curious and comical. This email, from Greg (in Oregon), qualifies as one of those special emails…
Hi Adam – My name is Greg and I bought your book a couple months ago and have been reading your blogs ever since! I have never written to you with [...]

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I just read a fascinating surgical report about the minimally invasive CoreValve transplant with two awake patients needing aortic valve replacement in New Zealand.
Two women, aged 79 and 91, were the first people in New Zealand to undergo a new type of heart operation which uses local, not general, anaesthetic, at Waikato Hospital.
The transcatheter aortic [...]

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Kelly’s mother was recently diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and is preparing for aortic valve replacement surgery. She writes to me, “Adam: I’m doing my best to help my mom understand what is involved in aortic valve surgery. The problem is… I don’t know what happens during the operation. Can you please describe the aortic [...]

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I’ve learned that laughter is one of the best forms of medicine relative to heart surgery. With that noted, I offer you a truly tasteless but quite funny heart surgery cartoon:

He… He… He…
Keep on tickin!!!

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