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Balloon Pump for the Heart: What You Should Know

The balloon pump can help improve the heart’s ability to pump blood as it needs to. Through a surgical procedure, the device is inserted through your leg into the heart. This is a short-term solution ...
Healio

Balloon angioplasty, stent procedures safe soon after pediatric congenital heart surgery

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Balloon angioplasty and stent implantation procedures in the early postoperative period after congenital heart ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Open-heart surgery not stopping pilot from flying in Balloon Fall Fest

HEART SURGERY, WOULD STOP HIM. REPORTER: BURNERS. AND THOSE LOUD FANS. LOTS OF THEM. A TYPICAL OCTOBER MORNING AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK. THE NEWS OF FIESTAS CANCELLATION, HEARTBREAKING FOR PILOTS. >> ...
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Commonly used intra-aortic balloon pump may have broader potential for heart patients

Augusta, Ga. – The most frequently used mechanical circulatory assist device in the world may have untapped potential, physicians say. One of many uses for the intra-aortic balloon pump is helping ...
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Ask the Doctors: Treatment for rheumatic mitral stenosis depends on damage

Q At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from ...

Treatment for rheumatic mitral stenosis depends on damage

At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to help the ...