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OHSU fixes complex heart problems without open-heart surgery

PORTLAND, Ore. — The pediatric cardiac team at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is the first in the region and one of a handful in the nation to implant a pulmonary heart valve without open-heart surgery.
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UCLA uses new hybrid, precision heart procedures to help stop deadly arrhythmias

ScienceBlog.com

New techniques now being used at UCLA allow doctors to more precisely target certain areas of the heart to stop ventricular arrhythmias — serious abnormal rhythms in the heart’s lower chambers — in high-risk patients.
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