Article Source: USA Today

ATLANTA — Leaky heart valves can be fixed without major surgery by guiding a tiny, clothespin-like clip into place from an incision in a vein in the groin, doctors said Sunday.

The clip was designed to fix leaky mitral valves, diagnosed in 250,000 people in the USA each year. Doctors say the new research heralds a new era, one in which major heart defects can be repaired without slicing open the chest to reach the heart.

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