A heart valve that grows up with the patient wins FDA approval
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a replacement heart valve designed to grow with children who have certain congenital heart defects. The device could reduce the need for repeated open-heart surgeries as young patients grow.
Children born with certain heart defects may face fewer open-heart surgeries, thanks to a new replacement valve that grows with them.
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