"According to a story by AthensReview.com, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo played a major role in saving the life of his grandfather. In 2009, Ramiro Romo, 77, wasn't feeling well after years of deteriorating health and no indication of what was wrong. When the Cowboys quarterback was informed of the condition, he called a Cowboys team doctor. He referred the grandfather to Dr. Michael Donsky, a cardiologist at Baylor Hospital's Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Center in Dallas. It was determined that Romo's grandfather had a condition known as mitral valve regurgitation or leaking heart valve. However, doctors believed he couldn't survive the traditional surgery to fix the problem due to his age. They recommended he become a medical first for an experimental procedure that clipped together the leaflets of the heart's mitral valve to reduce leakage. Despite the device not having received a final approval from the Federal Drug Administration, the quarterback's grandfather went through with the "MitraClip" operation in late 2009." Read more; http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/da...surgery-that-saved-his-grandfather_s-life.ece
