CU Hospital is repairing a woman's leaky heart valve with minimally invasive surgery rather than open-heart surgery

AURORA, CO - JULY 17: Dr. John Carroll and Dr. Mike Kim are seen looking at a large display during a minimally invasive surgery at one of the University of Colorado Hospital's a catheter labs on Thursday, July 17, 2014 in Aurora, CO. The MitraClip Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair System was used to repair a heart valve suffering from mitral regurgitation, a condition in which the heart's mitral valve leaflets do not close tightly. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/The Denver Post via Getty Images)