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.