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	<title>Heart Valve Surgery Tips &#187; Maze procedure</title>
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		<title>Heart Valve Surgery &#8211; Maze Procedure Cures A-Fib!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maze Procedure performed by Dr. Levy during my open heart surgery three months ago was a rousing success.  Dr. Blake, my cardiologist, took the time to go over my last pacemaker interrogation results with me. There is no mistake, the graphs show that the incidence of atrial fibrillation in my heart has dropped from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Valve Surgery Recovery &#8211; Meds Create Havoc After Open Heart Surgery!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart Valve Surgery Recovery &#8211; It&#8217;s been exactly two months since my double valve repair surgery, which just as easily could have been a double heart valve replacement surgery.  I was lucky enough to have mine repaired instead of replaced. Dr. Blake, my cardiologist, is trying bring my body down off of some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Heart Valve Surgery &#8211; Where Should You Be Seven Weeks Post Surgery?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now been seven weeks since my open heart valve surgery.  Today, I saw Dr. Blake, my cardiologist, for another follow-up appointment. She was very happy with my improvement since she last saw me only a couple of weeks ago. The fluid in my right lung has finally disappeared, and she felt it was time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Valve Surgery &#8211; Surgeon&#8217;s Six Week Check-Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news and bad news! I saw Dr. Levy, my cardiovascular surgeon, for my six week post valve repair surgery today. He was simply ecstatic with his ultra successful surgery. The scar was healing extremely nicely (I already knew that). While I am still in a fixed A-Fib rhythm, in six more weeks there should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Valve Repair &#8211; Yikes!  Lung Fluid Drained With A Needle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now been five weeks since my double heart valve repair.  Going into the surgery, heart valve replacement had been suggested as the probable solution. I had my fifth follow-up appointment with Dr. Blake, my Cardiologist today. My concerns are that I&#8217;m still exhausted most of the time. I also get winded (short of breath) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Open Heart Surgery &#8211; Picking Up The Heart Surgery Recovery Pace!</title>
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		<comments>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/valve-repair-surgery-picking-up-the-recovery-pace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, after heart surgery, and almost four weeks post surgery, I was determined to pick up the heart surgery recovery pace and start doing some of the everyday activities I was doing before my double valve repair surgery. Actually, my open heart surgery involved much more than tricuspid and mitral valve repair. Since my heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Valve Replacement Surgery &#8211; Questions To Ask At First Follow-up Visit With Cardiologist!</title>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/valve-replacement-surgery-first-follow-up-visit-to-cardiologist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kris and Lisa, took me for my first heart valve replacement surgery post operative visit with Dr. Blake, my primary cardiologist today. Because you will be moving a little slower, allow plenty of time to get to your appointment. This first follow-up appointment will be a big outing for you, and you will more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Valve Repair &#8211; Pulling Drainage Tubes After Open Heart Surgery!</title>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/valve-repair-surgery-day-before-discharge/</link>
		<comments>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/valve-repair-surgery-day-before-discharge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Levy, my heart surgeon, is still trying to get me to the point where the 3 drainage tubes from my chest can be pulled. They are in place to help drain the fluid accumulation which resulted from my valve replacement surgery or rather, as it turned out, a double heart valve repair surgery, Maze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Valve Replacement Surgery &#8211; Open Heart Surgery Day!</title>
		<link>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/valve-replacement-surgery-sugery-day/</link>
		<comments>http://heart-valve-surgery.net/valve-replacement-surgery-sugery-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 6:00 A.M. on my  heart valve replacement surgery day. How do I feel? Honestly, my predominant emotion is optimism peppered with real excitement. I feel like I used to when I was about to start a 10 mile run. Today, I&#8217;ll start to get my life back. Today I&#8217;ll get either a tricuspid valve [...]]]></description>
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