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What is mitral valve disease?
Mitral valve disease refers to irregular conditions of the mitral valve. This valve is located between the two left chambers of your heart. It works to keep blood flowing properly in one direction from the left atrium to the left ventricle and prevents it from flowing backward. When your mitral valve does not work properly,…
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Heart bypass surgery or angioplasty?
CABG, or heart bypass, is one of two techniques used in the treatment of CAD. The other is percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), often called angioplasty and stenting. Both aim to improve the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the heart. The first heart bypasses were done in the 1960s, and the UK’s first coronary angioplasty was…