First New England Hospital To Use Minimally Invasive Heart Wrap Surgical Technique For Advanced Stage Heart Failure Patients

Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, a teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine, today announced that it is the first hospital in New England to successfully treat heart failure patients with a new device that may improve their quality of life. Unlike other treatment options that require the surgeon to open the patient’s chest or place them on a heart-lung bypass machine for the surgery, the HeartNet? Ventricular Support System developed by Paracor Medical, Inc.

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on February 13th, 2008