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How a New Device Offers a Less Invasive Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery

How a New Device Offers a Less Invasive Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery

Released Friday, 11th February 2022
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How a New Device Offers a Less Invasive Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery

How a New Device Offers a Less Invasive Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery

How a New Device Offers a Less Invasive Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery

How a New Device Offers a Less Invasive Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery

Friday, 11th February 2022
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how-a-new-device-offers-a-less-invasive-alternative-to-open-heart-surgeryTetralogy of Fallot is a heart defect that usually requires open-heart surgery. But thanks to a new device called the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve, many patients can have their hearts repaired without an open-heart procedure. Children's of Alabama pediatric cardiologist Dr. William McMahon was among the first doctors in the Southeast to perform a procedure with the Harmony valve. In this episode, he explains how this new device helps patients.

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