is second to none in Southeast Asia, and most patients can be helped through surgery, there are still some for whom surgery is not enough.
鄭國琪列舉：不明原因的心肌炎（心肌纖維化、失去彈性）患者；心肌梗塞末期導致心肌嚴重缺血者；先天性心臟病的缺損情形太複雜、無法用手術矯正者；以及已連續「開心」幾次、心臟不堪再受縫補的患者。