Emmanuell Ellis has had a heart defect since he was born, undergoing surgeries as a baby and again as a teenager.But it wasn’t until last month, when he was getting prepared for another procedure at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, that the 30-year-old Lima man finally understood just what was causing the problem.The eye-opener came when Dr. Darren Berman pulled out a transparent, flexible model of Ellis’ heart, showing the two tubular grafts used [...]
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