Half of eligible patients not getting mitral valve surgery

Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 07:35 in Health & Medicine

Overblown fears about surgical risk and lack of awareness about the risk of not operating are among the reasons only half of eligible patients were referred for mitral valve repair, according to a study by doctors at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Centre...

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