Articles for Tag: "Valve Replacement"
- November 7, 2017
Tags: Valve Replacement, Minimally Invasive, TAVR, open-heart surgery, cardiology, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, heart surgery, high risk, interventional cardiologist, Advocate Heart Institute, Dr. Leslie Brookfield
Just a week after surgery, an 85-year-old exclaims, “I already feel great.”
- August 5, 2013
Tags: heart attack, Advocate Health, AMG, Advocate Medical Group, health enews, Heart, Valve Replacement, Advocate Christ Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute, mechanical assist devices, heart failure, heart transplant, heart valve replacement, CPR, VAD, ventricular assist device, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Read the touching story of a patient who reunites with the nurse who helped save his life.
- May 24, 2013
Tags: Advocate Health, AMG, Advocate Medical Group, health enews, Heart, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Aortic Stenosis, Bypass Surgery, Valve Replacement, Minimally Invasive, TAVR, Advocate Christ Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute, heart health, Advocate Christ Medical Center
TAVR: It may sound foreign, but it’s the next big thing in heart care and it’s helping to heal plenty of hearts.
- May 27, 2012
Tags: Advocate Health, AMG, Advocate Medical Group, health enews, Heart, Valve Replacement, Advocate Christ Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute, mechanical assist devices, heart failure, heart transplant
Leroy Haynes is the first Illinois patient to leave the hospital with a Total Artificial Heart. Here is his story.