We used to crack open the chest to fix a leaky heart valve. Now? We clip it — through a vein. #heart_transplant_doc_life #heart_transplant_doc_tips #heart_transplant_doc_myths 🫀 Let’s talk mitral and tricuspid valves — The heart’s inlet valves, constantly working to keep blood flowing in the right direction. But when they leak — called regurgitation — blood flows backward, and the heart starts to fail. Old-school fix? 🛠️ Open-heart surgery. Not everyone could handle it. Today? We’ve flipped th