Young Heart Patient Receives New and Improved Tissue Valve
Channel: UMMCVideos
Date: 2019-02-26

Otherwise healthy, 41-year-old Matt Marino was diagnosed by Expert UM cardiologist, Dr. Libin Wang, with a heart murmur and determined Matt was born with a faulty aortic valve. He referred Matt to cardiac surgeon, Dr. Bartley Griffith, who was the first in Maryland to perform a new surgery for an improved tissue valve that could last two to three times longer than other valves and did not require daily blood thinners.