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MURRIETA – Elenita Tan's organs were failing, and as physicians at Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta faced a true do-or-die situation, they opted to perform a transcatheter mitral valve repair procedure that ultimately saved the 83-year-old woman's life.

By the time Tan arrived at the hospital, she was suffering from acute congestive heart failure, according to Dr. Harit Desai, the associate director for the cardiac catheterization lab and structural heart intervention program at LLUMC – Murrieta. Before long, Tan experienced multiorgan system failure, placing her at hig...