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Valve replacement done using Edwards Delivery System on 72-yr-old
The Hindu
The cardiac surgeons at the Hannah Joseph Hospital here in Madurai have successfully performed the “Sapein3” Trans-Catheter Heart Valve implantation using the Edwards Delivery System on a 72-year-old
The cardiac surgeons at the Hannah Joseph Hospital here in Madurai have successfully performed the “Sapein3” Trans-Catheter Heart Valve implantation using the Edwards Delivery System on a 72-year-old woman patient.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, hospital chairman and managing director Dr. M. J. Arunkumar and his team of surgeons said that the aged woman came to the hospital with breathing difficulty for about a year. Examination of the patient indicated that she was hypertensive and had thyroid gland tumour for which surgery was considered.