Bypassing the trauma

A Silicon Valley startup has pioneered what could be the most significant advance in heart surgery in decades. Over the past 5 months, surgeons at Stanford University have used technology from Heartport Inc. to perform single-bypass procedures on 3 patients - without ever opening their chests. Rathe...

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