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Mon 1st in state picked for study

Newsroom@DominionPost.com   Boston Scientific, the developer of the innovative WATCHMAN FLX device that reduces the risk of stroke for atrial fibrillation patients, has chosen Mon Health Medical Center as the first hospital to participate in a new CHAMPION-AF clinical trial. This ...

Heart center improves life quality

Heart-valve disorder treated at hospital Newsroom@DominionPost.com A new procedure offered at Mon Health Heart and Vascular Center at Mon Health Medical Center, is improving quality of life and shortening hospital stays for patients with the most common heart-valve disorder in the ...

Surgeons perform first robotic valve, a-fib operation

WVU Medicine Surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute have performed a fully robotic aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, and surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (Maze) operation, all done through a small opening in a patient’s side. According to international ...

New blood, new hope

Transfusions protect the brain from stroke damage, according to WVU neuroscience research WVU Today Muscle weakness permeates through one side of your body and your speech slurs. It’s a stroke. And you need to be rushed to the emergency room. Doctors replace your blood with the ...

Mon Health gets shot at trial

Boston Scientific nominates center for participation Boston Scientific, developer of the innovative WATCHMAN device that reduces the risk of stroke for atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients, has nominated Mon Health Medical Center to participate in another  national clinical ...

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