re: Pot Roast - Chuck Roast (Photos)

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fellow member on the byways of the zipper chested people

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I understand there is a method in limited use now where they go through a 1 inch window opened in the left side, between ribs #3 and #4 and do the bypass or valve replacement from that approach, negating the need to split (crack open) and wire back together the sternum.

I have four SS wires in my sternum repair. Still there. I carry plastic cards form St. Jude and Medtronics that tell TSA agents that I have an artificial valve, a pacemaker and pacemaker leads. They always ask if I would like to go behind a screen to be frisked and wand scanned after I set off the metal detector. I just laugh and say, "no".

Never been frisked by a lady agent.

Was surprised when I found out how many carbon filer heart valves St Jude sells a year.

My valve looks like this one

This is my pacemaker

My cardiologist discussed my preferred shotgun shoulder positioning before putting in my pacemaker. Really considerate I thought.