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If you have mechanical valves currently and are on the list for a heart transplant, do new valves come with the new heart or will you keep the mechanical ones? how does that work?

Q: if you have mechanical valves currently and are on the list for a heart transplant, do new valves come with the new heart or will you keep the mechanical ones? how does that work?

: They take the old heart out including the valves and put in a good heart that has normal valves.

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

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They take the old heart out including the valves and put in a good heart that has normal valves.

Answered 5/9/2023

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A member asked:

If you have mechanical valves currently and are on the list for a heart transplant, do new valves come with the new heart or will you keep the mechanical ones? how does that work?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

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