Baptist adding new hybrid OR, expects surge in nonsurgical valve replacements
Registered nurse Jimmy Newell prepares a hybrid operating room at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis for an upcoming procedure Thursday, Sept. 12. “When we first opened the room, you had to be at death’s door to be approved for this aortic valve procedure,” Newell said. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Baptist makes investment after FDA approved transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures last month for all patients, not just the sickest.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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