Feud fuels advances in heart surgery

World famous heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley helped put the Texas Medical Center on the map. He talks about his bitter feud with Dr. Michael DeBakey in his memoirs.
KPRC Local 2 anchor Rachel McNeill interviews Dr. Cooley.

 
Sudden Cardiac Death in Student Athletes

Dr. Paolo Angelini, Medical Director of the Center for Coronary Artery Anomalies, discusses sudden cardiac death in student athletes on Latina Voices: Smart Talk (HTV video 11:00).

Successful Implantation of a Continuous-Flow Total Artificial Heart

Doctors at THI report a medical milestone — Patients needing artificial hearts may soon get ones that don't beat.

Listen to the story on NPR Morning Edition (June 13, 2011) and view press conference video (3:32).

THI first in Texas to offer procedure to eliminate a major cause of heart-related stroke

THI at SLEH is the first in Texas and one of only a few in the nation to treat patients with a new catheter-based procedure that uses sutures to tie off the left atrial appendage (LAA), which is known to be a major source of  blood clots that may lead to stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

View video (48 seconds) and full press release. 

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Updated February 2012

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