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M E T H O D I S T
H O S P I TA L
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A Q U A R T E R LY C OMM U N I T Y P U B L I C AT I ON
Your link to a healthy future
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Before disaster strikes
Prepare an emergency kit
As simple as that
A colonoscopy could save your life
Weight loss and kids
How and when to talk
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HELPING
HEARTS HEAL
MENDING
a broken heart
takes time.
Methodist Hospital is using
an advanced device that
gives some patients the time
they need for their hearts to
heal—or even be replaced—
while reducing surgical
trauma and potential risks.
Robert J. Gottner, MD,
surgery department
cardiothoracic section chair,
recently used the Impella
Left Ventricular Assist Device
(LVAD) in a 70-year-old
patient who needed a new
heart valve. The patient had
aortic stenosis, a narrowing
of the valve that connects
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