Granted there are only a small number of centers in the U.S. that have such surgeons, the Cleveland Clinic certainly is one of them and we are in the midwest as well as the Mayo Clinic, so no the statement is not true, as our surgeons do this particular surgery on a regular basis, last year the Cleveland Clinic did nearly 5,000 open heart surgeries, many of which were valve surgeries as well as aortic repairs. This type of surgery can be done within a day, or a week, depending on the decision of the surgeon and the patient. I hope this information is useful.
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