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11/15/10

Advances in Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Procedures

For many people with serious heart valve problems new techniques allow repair or replacement to be performed in a minimally invasive way through a catheter inserted from the groin. Dr. Howard Herrmann from Penn Medicine explains.

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Howard Herrmann, MD Howard Herrmann, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories; Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Howard C. Herrmann, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Dr. Herrmann's research interests include the study of new devices and therapies for valvular and coronary artery disease, with particular interest in platelet inhibitors, acute myocardial infarction, and percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease. In... more >

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