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Doctors Use Tiny Drill to Save 100-Year-Old Man After Heart Attack
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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By יונתן דושניצקי
First reported by Mako · 2 hours ago
What happened
Doctors at Galilee Medical Center used a specialized "tiny drill" technique during cardiac catheterization to clear severe blockages and calcification in a 100-year-old man who suffered a heart attack. The patient was successfully treated and discharged two days later.
- 01Doctors used a Rotablator "tiny drill" to clear severe arterial calcification.
- 02A 100-year-old man recovered after a complex heart attack treatment.
- 03The patient's age initially made doctors hesitant to perform catheterization.
- 04The procedure involved clearing over 90% narrowing and chronic blockages.
- 05The patient was discharged two days post-operation, pain-free.
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