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Long Beach surgeons perform complex three-valve replacement surgery

Rheumatic heart disease, linked to rare rheumatic fever, leads to high-risk, complex operation—one that many heart surgeons will only encounter once or twice in their careers. A 64-year-old man with advanced rheumatic heart disease recently underwent a rare and complex three-valve heart replacement surgery at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center—an operation performed by Dr. Marc…




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