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Apr 20 2008, 11:30 AM

Interventional cardiologists at Rush University Medical Center now offer a minimally invasive transcatheter valve replacement procedure for patients with congenital heart disease that doesn't involve open heart surgery.Rush is one of three sites taking part in the investigational device exemption (IDE) feasibility study of minimally invasive pulmonic valves and successfully implanted the first three patients enrolled in the trial on Thursday, April 17. (Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today)

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