Kathmandu, July 28 -- Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Centre (MCVTC) has successfully performed Nepal's first minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) involving all three heart valves, a procedure cardiologists say is extremely rare.

According to doctors at the hospital, the surgery was performed on a 52-year-old male patient around 10 days ago, and he has already been discharged.

"This is a historic achievement and has been performed for the first time at the hospital by our own medical team," said Dr Anil Bhattarai, a consultant cardiac surgeon at the hospital. "The patient's mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves were severely damaged due to rheumatic heart disease. Considering the patient's condition, a team of doctors...