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Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Performs Landmark Heart Valve Surgery

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milla1cf Mon, 06/10/2024 - 17:58 June 10, 2024 — Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute has successfully completed the first commercial tricuspid clip procedure in the Carolinas, performed in May at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center.

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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 Cardiologists Publish Case Series Study on Heart Valve Procedure

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a Structural Heart Disease Fellow at Henry Ford Hospital, is also optimistic that these findings will lead to helping more people. Patients with severely calcified mitral stenosis are often not candidates for conventional open-heart surgery,” said Dr. Giustino. The research letter’s lead author, Gennaro Giustino, M.D.,

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

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Image courtesy of Henry Ford Health milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:07 February 21, 2024 — An 80-year-old woman from Frankenmuth, Michigan is the first Henry Ford Health structural heart disease patient—and the first ever in Michigan—to receive a new transcatheter heart valve device for treating severe tricuspid regurgitation.

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Novel Tricuspid Valve Procedure Improves Patients' Quality of Life and Health Status

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The EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system is a device designed to treat patients with severe leaking of the tricuspid valve, known as tricuspid regurgitation, without open heart surgery.

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Minimally Invasive Options For High-Risk Heart Surgery

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Known as an alternative to open heart surgery, minimally invasive surgery is preferred by many patients. It involves tiny incisions that allow a surgeon to access the heart between the rib bones. Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER): TEER focuses on the mitral valve.

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Transesophageal echocardiogram

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TEE is very useful in picking up small clots and infective material on heart valves. This helps in treatment of potentially life threatening diseases like infection of the heart valves. It can detect defects in the wall between the upper chambers of the heart known as ASD very well.