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Heart & Vascular
Institute – Southwest
Video Library
The Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute – Southwest is on the leading edge of medical breakthroughs. Watch our medical saving teams in action. View our surgical webcast and KHOU Breakthroughs to learn more.
- Innovative Technique to Remedy Arterial Blockage: Watch the replay of our recent surgical Webcast during which cardiologists Sherman Tang, M.D., and Carlos Zorrilla, M.D., performed an innovative non-surgical treatment to clear blocked arteries caused by peripheral arterial disease (PAD) May 2 at Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Southwest in Houston. In the groundbreaking procedure, they used CryoPlasty® Therapy to remedy blood vessel blockage. The cooling therapy causes less trauma to the blood vessels and has a lower incidence of artery reclogging that can call for repeat surgery.
- Carotid artery stenting: Watch as cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon Luis Echeverri, M.D., performs a procedure that can help prevent life-threatening strokes. The carotid arteries carry blood from the aorta to the base of the brain. Blood flow in the arteries can become inhibited by the buildup of cholesterol, calcium and fibrous tissue that forms plaque inside the vessels, narrowing them. The stenting, an innovative, minimally invasive procedure, opens the arteries, restoring blood flow. The procedure took place March 8, 2006, at Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Southwest.
- Watch the KHOU Breakthrough Segment, Detect Heart Disease with the 64-slice CT, that aired Oct. 12, 2006.
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