Monthly Archives: May 2009

A big day for Patrick

Our colleagues over at UNC Health Care have a new post with an update on Patrick’s condition, as well as links to local media coverage of the heart repair procedure. Read it here.

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UNC repairing heart of 18-year-old Ugandan

The institute’s UNC Project-Uganda has brought an 18-year-old young man, Patrick Kahuma, to UNC Hospitals to repair a narrow heart valve. They are inserting a balloon into the vProalve to widen it. In the U.S. and other developed countries, this … Read More

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