A 78-year-old patient receives minimally invasive heart valve replacement surgery at PGI Chandigarh.

Published Date: 07 Jul 2023

Chandigarh: In a first for a hospital in northern India, the cardiac team at PGIMER in this city successfully performed the challenging minimally invasive heart valve procedure.

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