New heart-valve surgery less invasive A new, less invasive treatment — transcatheter aortic valve replacement — can help people with severe aortic stenosis who are too old or sick for open heart surgery. URBANA — Robert Wells went nearly nine decades with his heart doing just fine, or so he thought. Then he had a small heart attack earlier this year, and his doctor found more than just blocked arteries. It turned out Wells, 90, of ...
July 21, 2013 - The Champaign News-Gazette