New way to replace heart valve
In a medical breakthrough, Indian doctors successfully implanted a valve made from a cow's heart inside a leaking heart valve of an 81-year-old woman at Chennai. The path-breaking surgery, which lasted over a period of three hours, was performed by a four-member team. The procedure was not easy as the elderly woman had also undergone treatment for breast cancer a few years ago.
Updated : 17 July 2015, 03:06 PM