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Transcatheter Heart Valve Replacement
… undergo aortic valve replacement using catheters inserted from the leg arteries. The Heart Valve Center at … physicians every year who want their patients to benefit from her advanced imaging and diagnostic expertise. Our …
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Toddler Thriving a Year After Heart Transplant
… the operation has revolved around preventing his body from rejecting the transplanted heart. "It's all gone very … of his care. At regular intervals since his discharge from the hospital last February, Jordan has been evaluated …
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Fighting Peripheral Artery Disease One Step at a Time
… a pair of running shoes. At age 51, she worked up slowly from a brisk walk to jogging and started feeling pretty good. … in a New Jersey hospital, then sought a second opinion from renowned vascular surgeon Dr. Nicholas Morrissey at …
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Aortic Repair Keeps Danny On the Run
… need to talk! When you get better, I don’t want to hear from you at all.” “He was so kind and so reassuring, with … Though aortic surgery usually requires opening the patient from the belly button to the neck, Dr. Takayama was able to …
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Breathing Easy: How One Woman Got Back Her Future
… so far,” says Dr. Brodie, “but we’re able to transport from anywhere in the country and, in select cases, … her. She’s extremely motivated.” Transplanted lungs come from people who do not have cystic fibrosis. So although a …
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Salila Kurra, MD
… her undergraduate degree in biology magna cum laude from Brown University and attended medical school at the …
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Plastic Surgery FAQs
… you?” and, “How do you see the potential for improvement from the procedure impacting your life?” Plastic surgeons … all agree that a man’s aesthetic needs typically differ from those of a woman, a Life Stage Personal Enhancement … assessment in order to reach the best recommendations from a Life Stage Personal Enhancement perspective. What are …
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Melanoma
… uncontrolled growth. This is most often caused by damage from ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which can come from too much exposure to the sun. Common signs of melanoma … most often caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation, such as from the sun or tanning beds. Excessive UV exposure, …
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A randomized, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study of eculizumab for the prevention of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation in adult subjects at increased risk of delayed graft function.
… when it is initially transplanted. Most often DGF results from ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI), a complex …
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, Summer 2017
… Message from the Chief NYP/Columbia Celebrates Landmarks in Heart …
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Profile in Hope: A New Surgery Helps Improve the Lives of Babies with Spina Bifida
… hope they would have answers. Within days, specialists from the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York … sac and dissecting the neural placode, releasing it from surrounding tissues. The team created skin flaps and … care of us. My experience at MS-CHONY was exceptional, from the nurses to the surgeons and staff, I couldn’t have …
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Plastic Surgery Residency Program
… range of clinical disorders managed by plastic surgeons, from complex tertiary care reconstructions to a resident-run … Burn Center, trauma management at multiple hospitals from Manhattan to Queens, and cancer treatment at all our … the serenity of Central Park, located just a few blocks from Weill Cornell Medical Center, a vast number of cultural …
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Advances in Curing Hepatitis C
… The goal of treatment is to prevent any of these problems from developing. What are the latest treatments for Hep C? … dramatically in the past three years. We have moved from interferon-based treatment, which was hard to tolerate, … a multidisciplinary program, which means we look at Hep C from many different angles. We have seven hepatologists …
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