Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles What is most exciting in the area of valvular heart disease is the potential now to replace valves through percutaneous techniques -- either directly through the chest wall or through the blood vessels in the leg or the arm. In addition, for patients who have developed heart failure, we are now seeing newer, smaller left ventricular assist devices, or mechanical hearts. This is an exciting new area that will likely benefit thousands of more patients. And lastly, we're one of the few sites in the United States that's able to implant a total artificial heart to completely to completely replace the weakened, sick, four chambered, biologic native heart.
B1 US artificial replace exciting weakened lvad area Ask Dr. Michler: Percutaneous Valve Replacement, LVAD and the Artificial Heart 17 1 Ting Huang posted on 2016/05/17 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary