UC Health Performs First Endoscopic “Triple Valve” Surgery in the U.S. (IMAGE)

University of Cincinnati

UC Health Performs First Endoscopic “Triple Valve” Surgery in the U.S.

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Tommaso Hinna Danesi, MD, UC Health cardiac surgeon and associate professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, performed the first-ever endoscopic triple valve surgery in the U.S. for patient Karyn Russell, a 63-year-old grandmother and special education teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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