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Dr. Rafael Llorens internationally recognized as one of the best cardiovascular surgeons

Dr. Rafael Llorens internationally recognized as one of the best cardiovascular surgeons
Posted on 17-12-2019

​The Hospiten specialist received the recognition at the ‘European Awards in Medicine’ awarded by ‘The Supplement’ at a gala held in Paris

Dr. Rafael Llorens receives the XXI Century National Medicine Award for Cardiovascular Surgery

Dr. Rafael Llorens receives the XXI Century National Medicine Award for Cardiovascular Surgery
Posted on 09-05-2019

In 2002, Dr. Llorens led a team of 12 in the first successful intervention in Spain implanting a pig’s aorta in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, replacing the aortic valve and upper part of the aorta and connecting the coronary arteries to the porcine bio-prosthesis.