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Heart Valve or Heart Bypass Surgery

Group of procedures performed by surgeons with similar skills–open heart operation with replacement of a heart valve (aortic or mitral) with a new mechanical or transplanted valve; or heart valve surgically repaired and not replaced; or open heart operation where non-diseased arteries or veins from the patient are used to bypass severely diseased blood vessels in the heart muscle.

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