by Bheenaveni Ram Shepherd In a record-setting case, an Indian patient lived 46 years after receiving a first-generation Edwards-Starr heart valve at CMCH in Vellore in 1979. His survival defied medical expectations — a powerful testament to how science, institutional motivation, and family care can together extend human longevity. In a world still reckoning with the … Continue reading A Rational Heart: How Reason and Care Sustained One of India’s Longest Heart Valve Survivors