The engineer who fixed his own heart! - London Cardiovascular Clinic LCC

Great story of an engineer who took inspiration from his garden and used his experience as an engineer to come up with an innovative alternative to traditional surgical technique for treating an enlarged aorta. Click the link…

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Posted on 20 November 2013

Author: LCC

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