On: U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human pati...

[xwdv]

You can live indefinitely with animal valves though they may need to be replaced every 15 years or so. It’a a fairly straightforward minimally invasive procedure though.

[MikeTheGreat → xwdv]

Wait, what?

Are you saying that replacing a valve in your heart is "a fairly straightforward minimally invasive procedure"?

[W0lf → MikeTheGreat]

Pretty much standard procedure nowadays. The search term for this is TAVI (Transcatether Aortic Valve Implantation)

[MikeTheGreat → W0lf]

Huh. This is pretty cool: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcatheter-ao...

They say that you might stay a night in the ICU, or perhaps a couple, but that's way way better than the week+ and months of recovery.

Well, I learn something new everyday - thanks!

[xwdv → MikeTheGreat]

Yes, you can probably be in and out same day or maybe the next day.

[MikeTheGreat → xwdv]

Reading between the lines, https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcatheter-ao... says you'll probably be there overnight.

I, for one, would be really really nervous about having a major operation on a critical-for-my-life organ and then going home. I would definitely want some close observation even if it's 'just' for 12-24 hours.

[xwdv → MikeTheGreat]

Well if it fails you probably die suddenly.