Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery Gives East Texas Man New Life

April 24, 2017

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He went from thinking he was hours from death to feeling 25 years younger. Tommy Lloyd of Longview, Texas, credits a unique heart surgery at UT Southwestern for not only saving his life but allowing him to live it fully again.

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