Medical Breakthrough: Epic Plus Valve for Lifelong Management of Heart Valve Disease with Dr. Fang

https://www.Heart-Valve-Surgery.com - The Epic Plus Valve is a new, FDA-Approved heart valve replacement that provides patients and surgeons many cardiac innovations for the lifelong management of heart valve disease.

In this video, Dr. Kenith Fang, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, provides you special insights about the new technologies in the Epic Plus tissue valve replacement including radiopaque markers, anti-calcification tissue treatments, and valve fracturing. Dr. Fang also addresses how the Epic Plus tissue valve replacement offers patients opportunities for minimally-invasive surgery and non-invasive valve-in-valve procedures without the use of blood thinners.

Key questions answered by Dr. Kenith Fang in this video include:

1. Why do patients need to have their heart valves replaced? What are the common symptoms of heart valve diseases including aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation?

2. What are the health risks if a patient does not get treatment (quality of life, heart failure, death)?

3. What types of heart valve replacements are available to patients (e.g. mechanical and tissue)?

4. What is unique about the new Epic Plus heart valve replacement that just received FDA approval? Can the Epic Plus be used in the aortic and/or mitral valve position? What tissue is the Epic Plus Valve made from (pig or cow)?

5. Can the Epic Plus valve be used during minimally-invasive heart valve replacement operations?

6. What is the durability of the Epic Plus valve? Is there clinical research that demonstrates the durability of the Epic Plus heart valve over 10 years?

7. What should patients know about "Valve-in-Valve" procedures? How are Valve-in-Valve procedures changing the management and treatment of heart valve disease?

8. What are radiopaque markers on heart valve replacement devices? How are radiopaque markers used during non-invasive Valve-in-Valve procedures using transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)?

9. What is "fracturing" of heart valve replacements?

10. How are new chemical treatments (e.g. calcification) enhancing the durability of tissue heart valve replacements?

11. Why should patients and their doctors take the time to think about the long-term management of heart valve disease that may include multiple procedures?

12. What is Dr. Fang's number one piece of advice for patients needing an aortic or mitral valve replacement?

To learn more about the Epic Plus heart valve replacement, please visit https://www.EpicPlusValve.com.