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For children with complex aortic valve conditions, repairing the child's own valve rather than replacing it can preserve its natural function and may reduce the need for additional heart surgeries as the child grows.
When children need surgery to fix a damaged heart valve, a prosthetic
replacement is often the solution. But at Mayo Clinic, surgeons are repairing children’s
own valves when possible. The approach can preserve the natural valve and may help
avoid additional heart surgeries as they grow.
For 8-year-old Vivian Baumgard, it gave her a chance to keep the valve she was born
with — and get back to being a child. Susan Murphy has her story.
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