During the 3-hour surgery, 4 doctors removed the narrow aortic valve and replaced it with a new bioprosthetic heart valve that was made from a cow.

The patient complained of severe breathlessness and the test results showed that her replaced aortic valve was narrow. A team of four doctors at the Frontier Lifeline Hospitals in Chennai performed a surgery, which lasted over three hours.
The doctors removed the narrowed valve and replaced it with a new bioprosthetic heart valve that was made from a cow.
The woman had also undergone treatment for breast cancer a few years ago. “She had undergone radiotherapy and this had caused tissue in her chest to get stuck. This made her an extremely high risk case," said, Dr Anantharaman, senior cardiologist who carried out the surgery.
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