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‘Structural Heart’ Treatment: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip Expands Options
Removal from a ventilator was a milestone moment for a patient recovering from parainfluenza in Baptist Hospital’s intensive care unit. But when that patient regressed and had to be reintubated numerous times due to respiratory failure, the multidisciplinary care team collaborated to identify the complex, underlying problem.
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First in Florida: Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute ‘Reshapes’ Heart in Critical Patient to Improve Blood Flow
A team at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute is the first in the state, and the first in the Atlantic Southeast, to perform a so-called LIVE (Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement), a minimally invasive procedure that “reshapes” the heart by reducing the size of the left ventricle (as illustrated above), allowing for a seriously ill patient to approach normal functionality
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New Procedure at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Prevents Coronary Obstruction When Replacing Heart Valve
Obstruction of the coronary artery, which supplies oxygen-rich blood to the entire heart muscle, is a rare but potentially deadly complication of a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve, one of four valves that regulate blood flow through the heart.
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Pioneering Procedure: Radiation Therapy Targets Heart Rhythm Disorder in Critically Ill Patient
The relatively new procedure, performed for the first time in Florida by a multidisciplinary team from Baptist Health’s Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute and Miami Cancer Institute, has put a 77-year-old, critically ill heart patient on the road to a full recovery.
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Global Expertise Comes to Miami
New Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute surgery chief pioneered a life-changing coronary bypass technique.
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Image-Guiding Software Advances Heart Valve, Cath Lab Procedures
An increasing number of patients at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute with structural heart disease can be treated with the latest trans-catheter (non-surgical) techniques, thanks in part to the growing number of suitable devices.
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Baptist Health Doctors Co-Develop Azurion with FlexArm Imaging Technology
Known worldwide as an innovative leader in cardiovascular procedures and technology, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute recently unveiled Azurion with FlexArm: a new advance in imaging technology designed to make it easier for doctors to perform image guided procedures for heart and vascular disease.
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COVID Vaccines: Ask The Experts with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci and a panel of public health experts gathered live to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida and answer questions about the vaccines.
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Medical and Sports Cardiologist Eli Friedman, M.D., FACC, joins Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Medical and sports cardiologist Eli Friedman, M.D., FACC, joins Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida. Dr. Friedman serves as the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute’s medical director of sports cardiology.
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Concern Grows Over COVID-19’s Impact on Heart Muscle
Medical researchers continue to connect COVID-19 infections to lingering inflammation of the heart muscle, which can lead to serious cardiac issues.
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‘Structural Heart’ Treatment: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip Expands Options
Ramon Quesada, M.D., medical director of the Structural Heart and Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Programs at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, performed the MitraClip procedure while Dr. Elias provided the intraoperative imaging guidance that enabled Dr. Quesada to see the heart’s structures during the minimally invasive procedure.
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Bypassing Leg Pain: Innovative Procedure Keeps Blood Flowing
When a simple walk down the block caused severe leg pain, a South Florida man turned to the experts at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute for help. The patient became the first in the region to take part in a clinical trial to bypass extensive blockages in the superficial femoral artery, the longest artery in the leg ? without surgery. He quickly resumed his active lifestyle.