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News items on 'Aortic Stenosis'
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Keyhole surgery was door opener
(Daily Express 07/07/2009)
Even an otherwise healthy person can take three months to recover from open heart surgery. For someone over the age of 80, who may have other health issues, the risks of such a major operation may outweigh the benefits. In the new procedure - called transcatheter aortic valve implantation - surgeons push the new valve through a tiny cut either in the chest or in the main artery at the top of the leg, carefully guiding it through the body to its new position at the opening of the aorta.
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