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A Hearty Life

January 3rd, 2008

New Type Of Closed Chest Stent Like Surgery For Torn Aortas

Tears in the aorta are more times than not fatal, but for the few that make it to the operating room table there is new hope. An new national study being conducted out by a vascular surgeon and out of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is examining a non invasive stent type of procedure/surgery to graft […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

November 7th, 2007

Open Heart Surgery Becomes A Night Of Entertainment For Over 200 Observers

Lights? Check. Camera? Check. Scalpel????? Um huh, I said scalpel. Check! Very cool indeed. A Cambridge surgeon, Francis Wells, provided entertainment to over 200 members of the public via the operating room. This really is neat!
Dr. Wells talked the audience through the procedure and fielded questions about open heart surgery and valve repairs along the […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2007

The Dilemna’s Of Heart Catheterizations…

Would you feel safe having a catheterization at a facility that doesn’t have open heart back up? Meaning… if you were to have a heart cath procedure at a hospital that couldn’t take you directly to the open heart operating room, do you think it would be as successful as an outcome? I […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments