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other proced doctors were afraid of~ that there would be
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the surgeons may select

valve or a porcine tssue valve harvested
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the patients age and other factors

“Thus fa, Drs. Sting
secved a average of oneto 40
emergency heart surgery cases por week, in

addition to scheduled operations. Inthe
pas, these cases were routed to heat surgery
‘enters ouside the area,

 

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