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May prompt clinician awareness of percutaneous valvular options; leaves open need for randomized trials to guide adoption.
Rapid progress in interventional cardiology has recently seen the rate of percutaneous coronary intervention overtake that of coronary artery bypass surgery. Now attention is directed towards the treatment of valvular heart disease, with exciting developments in balloon and stent technology having the potential to transform the management of many common heart conditions.
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