Cardiologist performs high-risk heart procedure, saving woman diagnosed with hours to live

By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Heather Jackson, Loma Linda University Health News)

A Loma Linda University International Heart Institute interventional cardiologist performed a high-risk heart procedure in 30 minutes, saving the life of a 61-year-old patient whose grim diagnosis of a heart valve infection left her with hours to live.
Bejamina Galicia was diagnosed with severe mitral stenosis of her bio-prosthetic aortic valve while visiting a local hospital for her routine dialysis treatment on February 21. Mitral stenosis is when the mitral valve — a valve located in the…

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