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Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Named President of the Heart Valve Society

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Griepp , MD Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , was named as the new President of the Heart Valve Society ( HVS ) at the 2024 HVS Annual Meeting on Wednesday, February 21, in Boston.

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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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The Intrepid TMVR is a heart valve that is designed to help alleviate mitral regurgitation so that blood can flow through the heart in the intended direction,” said Matthew Saybolt , M.D., FACC, principal site investigator and medical director, Structural Heart Disease Program, Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

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

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Henry Ford Health's Center for Structural Heart Disease team delivered its first in Michigan FDA-approved VOQUE Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement System to a heart failure patient on February 13, 2024 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. However, only about 8,000 tricuspid valve surgeries are performed annually.

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Top hospitals for cardiac care: Healthgrades

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Of those, 97 hospitals were recognized for delivering superior clinical outcomes in cardiac care for heart bypass surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack treatment, heart failure treatment and heart valve surgery.

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A Look at February's Top 10

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Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, Named President of the Heart Valve Society 2. Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device 6. Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute is First in Minnesota to Implant Barostim Therapy to Improve Symptoms of Heart Failure 7.

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What are Artificial Heart Valves ?

Know Your Heart

Artificial Heart Valves Who needs artificial heart valves? The 4 heart valves work continuously to keep blood flowing to the lungs and to the body. Sometimes, disease may damage the heart valves so that they function poorly or stop working completely. When damaged valves can no longer [.]

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Smidt Heart Institute Experts Selected to Join JACC Editorial Team

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Kittleson, director of Heart Failure Research and director of Post Graduate Medical Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, is an associate editor specializing in heart failure. She also has served on the board of directors of the Heart Failure Society of America.