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Piedmont Heart Institute is a clinical destination for cardiovascular care and a leader in advancing innovative heart and vascular care for patients with even the most complex conditions.
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A Time for Change in Direction of Vascular Device Technology

By Piedmont Heart Institute Napa Valley Cardiology Conference FEATURING Julio Palmaz

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March 23, 2018

Dr. Julio Palmaz changed the face of interventional cardiology when he invented the balloon-expandable stent ...
read more ↘ in the 1980s. Yet the rate of progress in new development has stagnated in recent decades, he said, despite technological advancements. At Piedmont Heart’s Napa Valley Cardiology Conference, the owner of nearby Palmaz Vineyards called for a “fundamental change of direction.” Hear why the future may lie in nanotechnology.
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