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Are there advantages to a heart valve replacement over a heart transplant?
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Yes: Heart valves are not rejected, and the patient does not require life long immunosuppression as with a transplanted organ.
Answered 8/29/2011
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Yes: A heart valve replacement does not require a new heart from a deceased individual, and does not create the need for lifelong immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection of the heart.
Answered 3/9/2012
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