Dear Dr. Roach: During a wellness ECG in May of this year, I was diagnosed with right bundle branch block. An echocardiogram indicated the following: mild mitral valve regurgitation; mild aortic valve ...

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Testing by Rutgers Health and other institutions is reshaping how – and how gently – doctors repair failing valves ...

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