Surgeons at Coral Terrace, Fla.-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute successfully performed Florida’s first partial heart transplant on an 11-year-old patient. The patient had two heart surgeries as a baby prior to coming to Nicklaus Children’s, according to an April…
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The University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has launched a program for noninvasive stereotactic body radiation therapy to treat refractory ventricular tachycardia. The medical center is one of a select few across the world that provides SBRT for VT.…
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The rate of ischemic stroke is increasing among pregnant and postpartum women, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 2 in Stroke, analyzed more than 5.4 million pregnancies resulting in births between Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 1, 2024.…