PIONEERING HEART SURGERY AT VINALOPO HOSPITAL

Cardiac surgeons at Elche´s Hospital del Vinalopó have successfully performed the first aortic valve repair in a patient of 48 years of age, affected an aneurysm (dilation) of the ascending aorta and severe aortic insufficiency, a procedure performed to repair a malfunction of the valve which only allows unidirectional flow of blood from the ventricle to the aorta.

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