Beating Heart Surgery
This year, 170,000 Americans will have coronary bypass surgery. It’s a life-saving, yet stressful procedure. A new kind of open-heart surgery is said to be easier on the patient. Two months ago, you wouldn’t...
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What Happens When Heart Disease Advances too Far?
For patients with congestive heart failure, treatments are limited to a heart transplant. However, a new heart procedure currently under development shows promise as a future alternative to heart transplant surgery. Autologous skeletal myoblast...