Cardiothoracic surgeon Alaaddin Yilmaz was contacted by the editorial staff of Goed Gevoel for the section: ‘Ask our experts’. Reader Hilda asked herself the following question: “I have to undergo heart surgery soon and heard that such a procedure can often also be minimally invasive these days. How does that work exactly?”
Below is Dr Yilmaz’s expert response.
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