Sentences with phrase «leaky tricuspid»
Until now, the only treatment option for a leaky tricuspid valve was open heart surgery using a heart - lung machine.
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A team led by Francesco Maisano, co-director of the University Heart Center at the University Hospital Zurich (UHZ) and professor for Heart Surgery at the University of Zurich, made up of heart surgeons and cardiologists used new catheter technology to repair a leaky tricuspid valve for the very first time.
Now, along with his team, he has also succeeded in using it to repair a leaky tricuspid valve in a 75 - year - old patient.