While open heart surgery used to be required for the treatment of certain types of heart disease and heart valve replacements, in many cases minimally invasive techniques are now replacing or delaying surgery. Join me, Host Dr Justin Clark for Line One, a discussion of the overlapping fields of interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery.
HOST: Dr. Justin Clark
GUESTS:
- Dr Stan Watkins, Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute
- Dr Kenton Stephens, Cardiothoracic surgeon
LINKS:
- Mayo Clinic: Coronary bypass surgery
- Mayo Clinic: Coronary angioplasty and stents
- TAVR: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
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