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And the beat goes on: advances make heart surgery safer

Health | Thu, 06/04/2009 - 2:28 pm | Updated 2 years 35 weeks ago | Read 1291 | Commented 0 | Emailed 0
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Advances in heart care mean you can easily get back to life.

When Seymour Zate had a heart attack 25 years ago, his doctors had to perform open-heart surgery—requiring an incision that extended from just below his neck to his stomach.

Six years ago, when another blockage was discovered, doctors made a small incision, less than an inch long, to insert a stent and relieve the blockage. For Zate, now 75, the two experiences could not have been more different.

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