Montreal Heart Institute performs its first implant of new prosthesis for cardiac arrhythmia

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 15:21 in Health & Medicine

A multidisciplinary team from the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI), which is affiliated to the Université de Montréal, performed its first catheter implantation of a new prosthesis (Amptlazer Cardiac Plug) closing the appendage of the left atrium of the heart, which will have the effect of preventing the formation of blood clots and avoiding open-heart surgery.

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