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Heart Hospital doctors perform revolutionary procedure

Emily Jaceks
August 07, 2018 10:21 AM
 
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - It's a condition that's often resulted in gruesome outcomes.
 
“Sometimes patients just get sent off to get an amputation saying that's the only option there is, but that's not true anymore,” Dr. Henao, a vascular surgeon at the Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center said.
 

Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center completes first “LimFlow” procedure in New Mexico

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ALBUQUERQUE – July 11, 2018 – The first ever LimFlow, or percutaneous deep vein arterialization system, in the Western United States was performed at Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center by New Mexico Heart Institute vascular surgeons, Steven Henao, MD, FACC, FACS and Richard Wilkerson, MD, RPVI.