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Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery: 3 Patients, 3 Procedures, 3 Surgeons, 1 Day

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery: 3 Patients, 3 Procedures, 3 Surgeons, 1 Day

Frank W. Bowen, M.D.; Richard Y. Highbloom, M.D. and Michael Rosenbloom, M.D.

This is the story of three high-risk heart patients with three different cardiac conditions who were operated on the same day by three different surgeons. They were fortunate that their surgeries could be done with minimally invasive procedures instead of the more traumatic open-chest surgery.

“What is particularly special about this day is that in the majority of hospitals, these procedures are not even performed,” Dr. Rosenbloom said. Cooper University Hospital’s minimally invasive heart surgery program is one of only a few such programs offered in the Delaware Valley and the most extensive program of its kind in South Jersey.

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Vascular Problems: Treatments to Get You Up and Around Quickly

Vascular Problems: Treatments to Get You Up and Around Quickly

200903_vascular_storyIf you’ve been diagnosed with a blood vessel disorder, for example an aneurysm, carotid artery disease, or poor circulation to your legs and feet, vascular surgeons at Cooper University Hospital offer minimally invasive surgical techniques designed to get you fixed, fast.

Known as endovascular surgery, these minimally invasive procedures avoid open-body surgery for select patients, offering less pain and trauma, shorter recovery time and excellent results.

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