Henry Ford Hospital Replaces Heart Valve Outside the Heart (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

Henry Ford Health

Henry Ford Hospital Replaces Heart Valve Outside the Heart (1 of 3)

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For the first time in the United States, doctors at Henry Ford Hospital used a minimally invasive procedure to replace a failing, hard-to-reach heart valve with a new one and placed it just outside the heart.

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Henry Ford Hospital

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