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Old 10-25-2007, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by The Brewmeister
For those who might be interested I met with my Surgeon yesterday and
asked him what valve alone was worth. The price for one St. Jude
37mm mechanical heart valve is $6500.00! And you thought parts for
the 993 were expensive!
And that's without the price of installation! Medicare will reimburse the anesthesiologist about $800 for that operation. Someday I'll get smart and get a real job huh!

What hospital were you in that they were going to try a percutaneous catheter approach. From what I understand from my cardiology friends, most of these devices are still in FDA approval stages.
Old 10-25-2007, 06:16 PM
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St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y. The minimally invasive techniques they're using aren't anything
new. Just didn't work out for my particular case.



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