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What progresses in medicine or technology can help prolong a persons life whom has a hole in their heart?
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Significant progress: First we have good diagnostic tools to detect abnormalities in the heart. Secondly we have made significant progess in invasive and surgical cardiac procedures that we can treat congenital heart disease the way to improve both survival and patient's symptoms.
Answered 3/9/2013
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