Pat Zerfas had learned to live with a heart that wasn’t working quite right. She figured that was just how it would be. The 87-year-old retired nurse had tricuspid regurgitation, a condition causing blood to leak backward through one of her heart valves. The effects of her leaking heart valve were taking a toll on Pat’s quality of life. “You just keep going,” she said. “But I noticed I was slowing down. I was becoming more short of breath.” The …
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