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Bally Ribbon Mills Offers Medical Textiles for Cardiovascular Applications

DAIC

Tubular prosthesis of medical textiles can become one with the repaired vessel over time and can provide less invasive options than operations like open heart surgery. BRMs woven seamless tubular materials for stent and knitted grafts offer solutions for aortic repair and endoluminal devices.

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The Nation’s Heart: Vietnam

Global Cardiac Surgery

In the years to come, most procedures, in particular surgery for congenital heart defects, were performed at US military hospitals in South Vietnam. After the US forces left the country, fewer than 10 open-heart surgeries were done each year, due to widespread lack of supplies, devices, trained personnel, and funding.