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Learning you need life-saving surgery to replace a malfunctioning heart valve can be an emotional jolt. But the aftershocks that follow are almost as hard for even the sturdiest of patients to withstand, according to Larry Blankenship, CEO of ValveXchange.

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"If you have heart-valve disease, you have bad choices today." Blankenship said, explaining his company's mission to make its revolutionary valve called Vitality the dilemma-solver. Either you choose a long-lasting mechanical valve that condemns you to a life of dangerous blood thinners and a sedentary lifestyle, or you choose a tissue valve that requires major replacement surgery as often as every 15 years.

ValveXchange's two-part heart...