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hip replacement after history of pulmonary embelesm during heart valve surgery
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cincyn posted:
My fiances mother is 66 and had mechanical heart valve surgery 7 yrs ago. during surgery she had a pulmonary embelesm. Now the poor woman cannot walk. she lives in italy and is in excrutiating pain. she has gone to an orthopedic in italy and they said she cannot have the surgery because they are worried of her history of embelesm during the mechanical heart valve surgery. any suggestions??? thank you
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