At the largest hospital in Brooklyn, doctors are working to address disparities for patients facing advanced heart failure.
NEW YORK â At the largest hospital network in Brooklyn, doctors are working to address health care disparities for patients facing advanced heart failure in the outer boroughs.Maimonides Medical Center has the only Left Ventricular Assist Device, or L.V.A.D., program in Brooklyn. An L.V.A.D. is a device that can be implanted in the chest to provide cardiac support for patients diagnosed with advanced heart failure.
As they take turns to speak, they each express their gratitude for being alive.Harry Robinson, the trumpet player, had L.V.A.D. surgery in 2022. 'I was weak walking, couldn't even play one note, but I knew that I would play again. It's just a matter of getting acclimated back to the vibration of the mouthpiece on to the lips. And I knew it was going to come,' he told CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger.'They taught me here that I could live. And I did ...
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