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Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University and Jersey Shore University Medical Centers Again Ranked Among the Elite Hospitals in North America for Open Heart Surgery

DAIC

The academic medical centers received three-star ratings in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and isolated mitral valve replacement and repair (MVRR) surgeries. The latest analysis of data for AVR surgery covers the same time frame and includes five participating surgeons. “The Maiorana, MBA, MSN, R.N.,

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Providing State-of-the-Art Medtronic APOLLO Clinical Trial Treating Heart Valve Disease

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Many patients with symptoms of mitral regurgitation are not candidates for open heart surgery due to their advanced age or competing comorbidities, nor are they candidates for the only alternative, the MitraClip device. It is one of only two New Jersey hospitals offering the trial to patients. Sable , M.D.,

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Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device

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This is really the first valve that can be delivered via catheter where previously open-heart surgery was the only option for patients healthy enough to undergo the procedure,” said Brian O’Neill, M.D. director of Interventional and Structural Heart Research at Henry Ford Hospital.

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HighLife Receives IDE Approval to Initiate US Pivotal Clinical Study for treatment of Mitral Regurgitation

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Stone , Director of Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), and Population Health Science and Policy, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, USA) will be the Principal Investigator of the Pivotal study.

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New Late-breaking Data from Medtronic Evolut Low Risk Trial Demonstrate Strong Clinical and Cost-effectiveness Benefits of TAVR Platform

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The Medtronic Evolut TAVR platform includes devices less invasive than traditional open-heart surgery for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. “At Cohen , MD, MSc, Director of Clinical and Outcomes Research at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation , Director of Academic Affairs at St.

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The Nation’s Heart: Ghana

Global Cardiac Surgery

In addition, the Center has been able to withstand the widely perceived “brain drain” in other sectors, through ensuring opportunities for surgeons to academically advance, conduct research, integrate new technology in practice, and sustain international collaborations.

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

In their haste to hyperventilate about MINOCA, the authors don’t highlight the high percentage of cardiac interventions that are needed in patients with conventional, common epicardial disease - 80% need a coronary stent and 10% need open heart surgery.