HonorHealth cardiologist testing valve to replace open heart surgery

A team at HonorHealth has implanted a mitral valve in an elderly patient — while her heart was still beating. Until now, replacing a mitral valve required open heart surgery, which also requires that surgeons stop the patient's heart to perform the procedure, said Dr. David Rizik, chief scientific officer and director of structural intervention for HonorHealth in Scot tsdale. Rizik is the principal investigator for a feasibility study for Roseville, Minneapolis-based Tendyne Holdings Inc., maker…
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