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The Latest Cardiac Technologies: New Dissolving Heart Stent
Lourdes Health System
English - October 30, 2016 15:50 - 10.4 MBHealth & Fitness health wellness lourdes system hospital Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) affects 15 million people in the United States and remains a leading cause of death worldwide despite decades of therapeutic advances. The Absorb device is a major advance in the treatment of CAD.
At Lourdes Health System, we are proud to offer this first-of-its-kind technology to patients. We are committed to providing patients with leading-edge treatments. Bioresorbable stents represent the future of treating heart disease.
Listen is as Dr. Vijay Verma describes the latest advances in stent procedures including the world’s first FDA-approved dissolving heart stent.