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Using light instead of X-rays makes complex aortic repairs safer, more precise

Using light instead of X-rays makes complex aortic repairs safer, more precise

Fiber Optic RealShape, a new imaging device for complex aortic repair, swaps X-rays for light, supporting safer, faster, more precise heart surgery.

Carlos Timaran, M.D.

November 8, 2022

Heart valve surgery without cracking open the chest

Heart valve surgery without cracking open the chest

With minimally invasive heart valve surgery, surgeons don’t “crack open the chest,” instead going between the ribs through a 2-inch incision.

Neelan Doolabh, M.D.

May 2, 2022

TAVR is not the ‘beginning of the end’ for aortic stenosis open heart surgery

TAVR is not the ‘beginning of the end’ for aortic stenosis open heart surgery

Two studies presented in March at #ACC19 are the talk of the cardiology community. Both address one question: Can low-risk patients with aortic stenosis benefit from TAVR? Dharam Kumbhani, M.D., says the data are intriguing, but the excitement is a bit premature. Learn more.

Dharam Kumbhani, M.D. / Anthony Bavry, M.D.

November 4, 2021

A softball player with heart: Kaitlynn's aortic valve replacement at age 19

A softball player with heart: Kaitlynn's aortic valve replacement at age 19

Division I softball player Kaitlynn Dawson faced open heart surgery for a leaky bicuspid aortic valve. See how the less-invasive SAVR procedure by UT Southwestern's Dr. Neelan Doolabh got Kaitlynn back on the field in just three months – with a brand new heart valve.

Neelan Doolabh, M.D.

February 26, 2021