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Question:

Should my wife get the swine flu shot? She just had mitral valve replacement.

MY WIFE HAD A MITRAL VALVE REPLACED WITH A BOVINE VALVE. SHE HAD A SEASONAL FLU SHOT ABOUT 6 WKS AGO. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE SWINE FLU VACCINE TO COME INTO OUR DOCTORS' OFFICE. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY REASON SHE SHOULD NOT TAKE THE SWINE FLU SHOT?  THANK YOU.

submitted by Robert from Queens, New York, on 11/7/09Ask a Texas Heart Institute Doctor

Answer:

by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, James T. Willerson, MD

Please get the Swine Flu vaccine for her. Thank you.  

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