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Wed 09 Sep 2008Irish patients have heart valves replaced without open surgery
IN A MAJOR breakthrough in the treatment of heart disease in the Republic, for the first time a patient here has had a heart valve replaced without the need for open-heart surgery.
Two patients in their 80s had replacement aortic valves placed inside their hearts using a new form of keyhole surgery.
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