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Heart clip improves quality of life Sunnyview
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- Science
The normal fix for André's condition (known formally as mitral regurgitation) is open heart surgery. But with previous health problems, that wasn't the best option for him. He needed a less invasive fix, and was grateful that one was available at Sunnybrook. Called the Mitraclip, a small device is inched up to the heart through a catheter inserted through a vein in the groin. Once the clip is in place, it literally catches the loose leaflets and minimizes the leak (picture pinching your lips shut with your fingers). It's done under general anesthetic, so patients are literally home the next day.
Read more: http://sunnyview.sunnybrook.ca/2012/09/sex-and-judo.html
The normal fix for André's condition (known formally as mitral regurgitation) is open heart surgery. But with previous health problems, that wasn't the best option for him. He needed a less invasive fix, and was grateful that one was available at Sunnybrook. Called the Mitraclip, a small device is inched up to the heart through a catheter inserted through a vein in the groin. Once the clip is in place, it literally catches the loose leaflets and minimizes the leak (picture pinching your lips shut with your fingers). It's done under general anesthetic, so patients are literally home the next day.
Read more: http://sunnyview.sunnybrook.ca/2012/09/sex-and-judo.html
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