Doctors Herald “Revolutionary” Heart Surgery That Will Save Thousands of Lives

Doctors Herald “Revolutionary” Heart Surgery That Will Save Thousands of Lives

“Dr. David Wood’s patients tend to have a rather unusual schedule the week that they see him: wake up; drive to the hospital; have heart surgery; head home a few hours later; go back to work the next day.

This rapid recovery is possible thanks to a minimally invasive heart surgery technique, which Wood, a Vancouver cardiologist, has been pioneering for the treatment of aortic heart valve disease. The procedure, called 3M transcatheter aortic valve replacement, has successfully been performed on 411 patients in Canada and the US. It’s so minimally invasive that Wood assures it will “blow people’s minds.”…”

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