Sunday, March 24, 2013

Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife

Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife

In this Monday, March 11, 2013 photo, Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Spencer King demonstrates how a catheter is used to repair a diseased heart valve, at an American College of Cardiology conference in San Francisco. Many problems that used to require open-heart surgery now can be treated with minimally invasive procedures. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.



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