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How Yale doctors used a balloon in surgery to treat heart issue
"These are patients that before we had these more innovative, less invasive approaches, the options were either a high-risk surgery or nothing, kind of continued medical management. (BATMAN) has really opened up a set of treatment avenues for patients that before were felt to just be too sick for traditional surgery," said Dr. Amit Vora, the director of the Transcatheter Mitral Valve program at Yale and one of the lead surgeons who helped perform the procedure in Connecticut for what is believed to be the first time.
Source: New Haven Register
11 Mar 2025
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Yale Team Performs State’s First BATMAN Procedure
Yale New Haven Hospital achieved a major medical milestone with the state’s first BATMAN (Balloon Assisted Translocation of the Mitral Anterior Leaflet) procedure, offering new hope for patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) and complex anatomical conditions. Led by Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD, and a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, the innovative transcatheter approach combines the precision of the Basilica procedure with mitral valve implantation to address MR in patients at high surgical risk.
14 Jan 2025
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Surgery Research Presented at Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale
Yale Surgery faculty take home prizes at Blavatnik Fund 2024.
4 Jun 2024
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Yale Surgeons Recognized by Connecticut Magazine's 2024 “Top Doctors” List
Connecticut Magazine’s 2024 'Top Doctors' list includes more than 30 faculty from the Yale Department of Surgery.
2 May 2024
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Exosomes: A Promising Biomarker for Cellular Rejection After Organ Transplant
Patients who have received an organ transplant must undergo surgical biopsies to monitor for signs of organ rejection. Extracellular vesicles called exosomes may hold the key to a less-invasive blood test.
16 Apr 2024
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How a Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy Can Fix a Type of Pulmonary Hypertension
Only highly specialized surgeons can perform surgery to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), a rare but life-threatening condition.
Source: Yale Medicine
5 Feb 2024
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WHRY Launches New Pilot Project Studies
Women's Health Research at Yale has funded three new studies aimed at improving screening for earlier detection of ovarian cancer, reducing premature births caused by infection, and understanding sex and gender differences in thoracic aortic disease.
8 Sep 2023
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Endovascular Surgery for Aneurysms? A New Approach to a Life-threatening Disease
Yale surgeons are using a new procedure to treat thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
Source: Yale Medicine
5 Feb 2023
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Is Repairing a Heart Valve Better Than Replacing It?
Dr. Assi wanted to perform a surgery that would repair the valve rather than replace it. It’s one of the most technically complex operations in cardiac surgery, but it has important advantages for patients.
Source: Yale Medicine
14 Feb 2022