Heart Beat: 01/02

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“Mary Poppins” Umbrella Traps Plaque Fragments 216 A tiny polyurethane filter successfully traps fragments of plaque dislodged into the bloodstream during procedures to open up blocked heart arteries, according to a report in the November 13 2001 Circulation. The filter, resembling a Mary Poppins umbrella at the end of a long steel wire, is porous […]
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