Congestive Heart Failure

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  Right now there are close to 5-million people in America suffering from heart failure. Many of these people would benefit from a heart transplant, but because most of them are over age 65, they're often not eligible for that life-saving operation. But now, doctors at Mayo Clinic are studying a device that is not only keeping people with heart failure alive longer, but it's also giving them a better quality of life.

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  Resource: Heart Transplant

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• Living with Bicuspid Aortic Valve

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  Resource: Treatment of Congenital Heart Disorders

• Living with Heart Failure

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  Resource: Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

• Treating Heart Failure

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  Resource: Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure