Innovations

LVADs: Giving Back What Heart Disease Has Taken Away
Patients often ask what a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) can do for them. Medically, the answer is that this implantable…

The Beat Goes On: Exciting Heart Health Advances to Anticipate in the 2020s
Cardiovascular medicine has been changing at an incredible pace over the past 25 years. But the 2020s may prove to…

CIGNIS: Shaping the Future of Neuroscience
Imagine this scenario: You come to the hospital with a complex neurological condition, and your surgeon uses a device or…

TAVR: An Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery for Aortic Stenosis Patients
Aortic stenosis, a common condition in older adults, is caused by the progressive narrowing of the aortic valve, the main…

100 Years in the Making: How Patients Benefit from Thoracic Robotic Surgery
When the first minimally invasive surgery—also called laparoscopic surgery—was performed in the early 1900s, a surgeon would use a hollow…

How Does Laser Therapy Work for Scars?
It might seem unusual at first to think of a doctor using laser therapy to treat a burn injury scar….