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Information about several papers discussed at the annual meeting of the Association of Operating Room Nurses in the U.S. is presented. Topics include the open heart surgery, heart excision from the heart donors and the role of room nurses during the surgery. The meeting features Peggy Jordaan, Dr. Prafulla Kumar Sen and nurse Peggy Hartin.

The article focuses on the popularity of surgeon Michael E. DeBakey in the field of heart disease surgery in Houston, Texas. It denotes his feats in operation several human hearts and arteries in several hospitals in different countries. It cites how DeBakey surpassed the challenges in dealing with his patients' heart diseases and strokes. Moreover, DeBakey's statements on the uncertainty of cholesterol levels, are also mentioned.

The article reports on a heart operation conducted on a 30-year-old woman, who was suffering anginal pain, at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington D.C. in which an artificial aortic valve was placed in the patient. Heart surgeon Charles Hufnagel found that placing a substitute valve could be a solution to a heart disease called leaky valves. The researchers indicate that they anticipate the potential use of plastic valve in fixing damage in aorta due to rheumatic fever.