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11-year-old receives living donor heart valve to replace artificial one in breakthrough surgery
An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living ...
Maryland boy first in world to have artificial heart valve replaced with living one
An 11-year-old Maryland boy is making medical history after becoming the first person in the world to have an artificial ...
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Innovative procedure is ‘game-changer’ for older adults with heart valve disease
An innovative, minimally invasive procedure is reducing the risk faced by patients with heart valve disease and improving ...
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New OPB documentary profiles the Oregon-based inventors of the first successful artificial heart valve, a breakthrough in cardiac surgery
OPB has premiered a new documentary that traces the development of the world’s first successful artificial mitral heart valve ... enclosed in a metal cage, the Starr-Edwards valve was a ...