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Aortic Repair & Replacement
… valve to be sewn in place. Biological valves can be made from pig tissue (porcine), cow tissue pericardial (bovine), or pericardial tissue from other species. These valves allow patients to avoid … is an aortic or pulmonic valve that has been removed from a donated human heart, preserved, treated with …
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How Our Pediatric Heart Surgeons Decide Between Aortic Valve Repair Techniques in Complex Cases
… properties. The native aortic valve leaflet—taken from the pulmonary valve—used in a Ross procedure grows with … templates (standardization) with a tissue substitute taken from the patient’s own pericardium or bovine pericardium. … shorter, less extensive operation that doesn’t preclude us from doing a Ross down the road or using a mechanical valve.” …
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ECMO Patient Story - Nichele Calhoun
… how Nichele's life was saved by ECMO. Nichele suffered from pulmonary hypertension. Her body began to fail and ECMO …
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A Phase II Study of Chemotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade With Pembrolizumab in the Perioperative and Maintenance Treatment of Locoregional Gastric or GE Junction Adenocarcinoma
… and serum samples (pre-treatment and post-treatment) from individually treated patients to explore the immune …
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healthpoints Summer 2012
… Endocrine Surgery : Answers after Fukushima from world-renowned expert Robert McConnell, MD. …
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B. Payne Stanifer, MD, MPH, Joins the Department of Surgery
… at Dartmouth, he obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard with a focus on management and health policy. … was a Carson Family Scholar. He graduated medical school from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East …
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Lloyd E. Ratner, MD
… as that Society's Treasurer. Dr. Ratner originally hails from Brooklyn, NY. He received his undergraduate education at … University of New York at Buffalo. He received his M.D. from Hahnemann University. His general surgery training was …
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Thank You For Contacting Us
… for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Columbia. Someone from our team will reach out to you within two workdays. You …
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Targeted, Highly Sensitive, Non-Invasive Cardiac Transplant Rejection Monitoring
… that donor specific DNA can be isolated and quantified from transplant recipient serum. The investigator …
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Pediatric Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, Summer 2016
… Message from the Chairman Can Betablocker Help Children with …
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Weight Loss Surgery Newsletter December 2016
… Letter from the Director Selfies Show Impact of Weight Loss Surgery …
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Liver Connection Winter 2011
… While Waiting For Transplant Patient Voices — Tranquility From Deep Within Pediatrics — Avoiding Childhood Obesity The …
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After K-Pouch Surgery, Sara’s Enjoying her 20s
… Sara’s early 20s were marked with constant issues stemming from ulcerative colitis. After meeting colorectal surgeon and …
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healthpoints Spring 2012
… Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer: Answers after Fukushima from world-renowned expert Robert McConnell, MD. …
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healthpoints Spring 2013
… CONTENTS Greetings : Message from the Chairman Metastatic Melanoma: IL-2 therapy leaves …
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