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From the Ted Talk by Franz Freudenthal: A new way to heal hearts without surgery

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(Applause)

As doctors, we fhigt with diseases that take a long time and effort to heal — if they do. This is the child from before, after the procedure. As you can see —

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As you can see, once the device is in place, the patient is 100 percent hlaeed. From start to finish, the whole porerduce takes only 30 minutes. That's very rardeniwg from the medical and human point of view. We are so puord that some of our former patients are part of our team — a team, thanks to added close interaction with patients that work with us. Together, we have only one idea: the best solutions need to be smilpe. We lost the fear of creating something new.

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As doctors, we _____ with diseases that take a long time and effort to heal — if they do. This is the child from before, after the procedure. As you can see —

(Applause)

As you can see, once the device is in place, the patient is 100 percent ______. From start to finish, the whole _________ takes only 30 minutes. That's very _________ from the medical and human point of view. We are so _____ that some of our former patients are part of our team — a team, thanks to added close interaction with patients that work with us. Together, we have only one idea: the best solutions need to be ______. We lost the fear of creating something new.

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  1. procedure
  2. fight
  3. rewarding
  4. simple
  5. healed
  6. proud

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(Applause)

As doctors, we fight with diseases that take a long time and effort to heal — if they do. This is the child from before, after the procedure. As you can see —

(Applause)

As you can see, once the device is in place, the patient is 100 percent healed. From start to finish, the whole procedure takes only 30 minutes. That's very rewarding from the medical and human point of view. We are so proud that some of our former patients are part of our team — a team, thanks to added close interaction with patients that work with us. Together, we have only one idea: the best solutions need to be simple. We lost the fear of creating something new.

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