Heart-Assist Device Gives Culver City Man A Good Quality Of Life

Mark Heiner of Culver City reads books, paints artistically, takes walks and does laundry activities that would be considered routine except for the fact that a four-pound disk implanted in his abdominal cavity is keeping his blood flowing.The procedure to implant the Thoratec HeartMate XVE was performed in early March by a team led by cardiothoracic surgeon Sinan A. Simsir, M.D. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on May 28th, 2007