How a clothes pin-like device is changing hearts
Basil Paulus, medical director of the Baptist Valve Clinic and a cardiologist at Stern Cardiovascular, has been repairing heart valves with the MitraClip G4, which offers surgeons longer and thicker clips to shore up leaky mitral valves. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The new technology gives doctors options for sick patients who are not candidates for open-heart surgery.
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Basil Paulus Mehul Patel Stern Cardiovascular Sutherland Cardiology Clinic Baptist Memorial Health Care Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Colin Barker Vanderbilt University Medical Center MitraClip Abbott Vascular Subscriber OnlyThank you for being a subscriber to The Daily Memphian. Your support is critical.
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Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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