World’s First Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass Could Make Open-Heart Surgery a Thing of the Past

The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...
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Medical City Fort Worth offering new artery bypass option

FORT WORTH, Texas — There is a new procedure for patients with complex peripheral artery disease (PAD), and Medical City Fort Worth is the first hospital in North Texas to offer the treatment. The ...
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Is atherectomy (cutting or grinding away the hardened fatty plaques) in leg arteries better than other minimally invasive procedures for peripheral arterial disease?

A final option, less commonly used, is a technique called atherectomy. This treatment uses a device that cuts or grinds away the hardened deposition (atheroma) within the artery. Atherectomy is less ...

Scottish man becomes first in world to have heart bypass using gene therapy

John MacDonald, 73, took part in a clinical trial using gene therapy to extend the lifespan of blood vessels in the heart ...