[HSF] MV Repair Failure

[psimha]

Hal,
I am not familiar with the system - what exactly does "went to rehab" 
mean - do they go to some other rehabilitation hospital or some nursing 
home or home and attend a rehabilitation/physiotherapy clinic ? (For us 
discharge can only be discharge to home or up into heaven !!)
Prasanna
Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
> Ben,
>   Not only does the repair of IMR MR have inferior long term results  
> compared to Barlow's and FED, but so does pure annular dilatation from  nonischemic 
> cardiomyopathies.  I would also expect that Barlow's would hold  up better than 
> FED.  To me, it's all a matter of the amount of tissue  available to cover 
> the hole.  That's one of the reasons I currently rarely  resect prolapse with 
> FED.
>   BTW, that lady with the failed Geoform I posted a couple of weeks  ago went 
> to rehab last Thursday.  I'm hopeful that her IMR ETlogix ring  will serve 
> her well.
>  
> Hal
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