dilluns, 18 d’agost del 2014

Docs perform 1st U.S. tricuspid valve replacement using TAVI device | MassDevice.com On Call




Doctors at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit are the 1st in the U.S. to use a transcatheter aortic valve implant to replace a failing tricuspid valve.






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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Physicians at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit last month became the 1st in the U.S. to use a minimally invasive technique to replace a failing tricuspid valve.


The team used a transcatheter aortic valve implant in the procedure, after the patient was turned down at 1 major medical center and doctors at another said her only option was a heart transplant.



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