First patient benefits from Royal Papworth’s heart laser procedure
A caretaker from Spalding, Lincolnshire, has become the first patient at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to benefit from a heart procedure that uses a Philips (Spectranetics) CVX laser system called an excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA), avoiding the need for bypass surgery. Michael Bronze underwent ELCA, which is used to treat stents in […]
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