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Don Badger posted an update
11 years ago (August 11, 2015)
Has anyone else experienced a defective Sorin BOVINE aortic valve that degenerated before four years had passed? My surgeon informed me that a tear had occured in the center of the valve with minimal calcification.
👍 Janice Powell reacted to this
11 years ago (August 11, 2015)
Hello Don. Not long after my surgery there was a post regarding the Sorin product and I asked my surgeon about it. Like you I have a bovine Sorin valve that was placed a year ago on Aug. 20th. He said that they had been using this valve for some... Read more.
11 years ago (August 11, 2015)
Don that sucks that you had to have another ohs due to the valve going bad so fast. I hope your second one lasts you 20 years.

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