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Australians unknowingly living with deadly form of heart valve disease

Published 22 June 2022, 11:22 am
Doctors are concerned thousands of Australians are unknowingly living with a deadly form of heart valve disease. It’s estimated nine in 10 people with aortic stenosis remain untreated, but a new listing on Medicare is making a simple procedure to fix it more accessible.
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