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Lung valve placement.

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Can anyone tell me if the NHS have withdrawn finance for valve placement procedure, rather than the lung reduction op???

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Hi Davyroy,

Not sure about this since I am in the US. Maybe one of our fellow UK folks have an answer?

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Thanks for the effort Joe

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