Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/heart-repair-breakthroughs-replace-surgeons-knife-153757671.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6E1phPfFDItJr7t3kvFYPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b1c8c3b2081f100a2d0f6a706700dbf3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Monday, March 11, 2013 photo, Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Spencer King demonstrates how a catheter is used to repair a diseased heart valve, at an American College of Cardiology conference in San Francisco. Many problems that used to require open-heart surgery now can be treated with minimally invasive procedures. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" align="left" title="In this Monday, March 11, 2013 photo, Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Spencer King demonstrates how a catheter is used to repair a diseased heart valve, at an American College of Cardiology conference in San Francisco. Many problems that used to require open-heart surgery now can be treated with minimally invasive procedures. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€" Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.</p><br clear="all"/>
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