Stomach and side sleepers will eventually be able to go back to their normal positions, but how long it takes depends on the type of open-heart surgery you had, such as a bypass or heart valve repair.

Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

With valve stenosis, the heart valve can become scarred and calcified ... annuloplasty - inserting ring around the valve to bring the leaflets back into a normal position. After surgery, you will be ...