With Thanksgiving approaching this week, Michels is reflective and thankful for many things.
Heart researchers at Intermountain Medical Center are studying a novel cardiac support device that is wrapped around the heart via a minimally invasive procedure that appears to improve cardiovascular function and exercise capacity in patients with an advanced stage of heart failure called dilated cardiomyopathy.
Intermountain Medical Center is only the 12th center in the nation — and the only hospital in the Intermountain West — to offer the FDA-approved total artificial heart technology to heart failure patients who are waiting for a heart transplant.