Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

(AP) -- Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.

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