Texas Heart Institute(R) At St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital First In Texas To Use Revolutionary, Minimally Invasive Graft For Aortic Aneurysms

Texas Heart Institute (THI) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital announced today that it is the first in Texas to implant the Powerlink XL, a newly FDA-approved, minimally invasive device for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The procedure was the third in the United States but the first in the world to be performed percutaneously and with local anesthesia. Dr.

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Filed under: Cardiovascular on October 26th, 2008