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Medical Services - Cardiac

Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute offers revolutionary procedure in valve replacement for aortic valve stenosis patients
4/9/12 8:08 am EDT
Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute is one of the first sites in South Florida to offer Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), a groundbreaking minimally invasive therapy for severe symptomatic native aortic valve stenosis (AS). The procedure provides new hope for patients who require heart valve replacement but have been deemed inoperable for traditional open-heart surgery by a cardiac surgeon. Approximately 250,000 people in the United States have severe symptomatic AS (narrowingmore...
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Receives federal Approval to Open Pediatric Heart Transplant Program First Patient Successfully Transplanted
12/20/10 8:08 am EST
With an expert cardiac transplant team standing by and one patient waiting for a heart, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital achieved an extraordinary milestone on December 15. Just five days earlier, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, the leading Children’s Hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties, received federal approval from UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) to launch a pediatric heart transplant program, clearing the path formore...