Study backs nonsurgical way to fix heart valves

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Study backs nonsurgical way to fix heart valves

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/study-backs-nonsurgical-way-fix-heart-valves-130919445--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3pc2DViwFjtyJLJQXDn5DQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/72c5419967e0d80c4f0f6a7067005a28.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Medtronic Inc.’s CoreValve is photographed at an American College of Cardiology Conference in Washington, on Saturday, March 29, 2014. A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead. Earlier this year, the CoreValve was also approved for treating people at too high risk to have surgery. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" align="left" title="Medtronic Inc.’s CoreValve is photographed at an American College of Cardiology Conference in Washington, on Saturday, March 29, 2014. A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead. Earlier this year, the CoreValve was also approved for treating people at too high risk to have surgery. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) â€" A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead.</p><br clear="all"/>

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