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16
Oct 2012
Doctors Discuss Pioneering Heart Surgery to Help Patient Suffering From Muscular Disorder
Doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center held a press conference today to discuss the first surgery in the nation involving the implantation of a heart device in a patient living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a genetic disorder, most often seen in boys, that causes muscles to weaken over time, eventually leading
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