New Tool in Heart Disease Fight

The University of South Alabama has a new tool, called Angiojet, to fight coronary heart disease. Cardiologist Dr. Jack Painter recently become the first physician in southern Alabama to use the device in patients.  The device was used in one patient with a heart attack to remove a clot in a coronary vessel and in a second patient with an occluded artery in the leg.

In addition to treating blockages in the heart and legs, Angiojet has been used to treat clots in shunts used in dialysis patients, which are prone to develop blockages.


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