A Breakthrough Heart Procedure Comes with Risky Tradeoffs (opens in new tab)

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Transcatheter valves for the pulmonary artery have been around for decades, and they are well tolerated and pretty common. But the aorta, that’s a whole different world.

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impish9208OP16d ago

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cratermoon16d ago

Transcatheter valves for the pulmonary artery have been around for decades, and they are well tolerated and pretty common. But the aorta, that’s a whole different world.

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