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Groundbreaking TAVR Procedure Performed at UPMC

Standing from left, Anthony Stebbins, Medtronic; Santina Sperling, NP, program manager, UPMC Structural Heart Program; Hemal Gada, M.D., president, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Central Pa.; Nate Melton, M.D., cardiac surgeon, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Central Pa.; Steve Selcher, Medtronic; Erica Long, echo technologist, UPMC in Central Pa.

HARRISBURG– A 82-year-old woman from Elliottsburg, Pa. with aortic valve stenosis was the first person in the world to undergo a new type of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at UPMC Harrisburg. The patient has been discharged and is recovering well. Hemal Gada, M.D., president, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Central Pa. performed the…...

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