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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   ALBUQUERQUE – July 11, 2018 – The first ever LimFlow, or percutaneous deep vein arterialization system, in the Western United States was performed at Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center by New Mexico Heart Institute vascular surgeons, Steven Henao, MD, FACC, FACS and Richard Wilkerson, MD, RPVI.  …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Local groups learned how to use a life-saving tool they got through a donation from Lovelace Hospital. The heart hospital donated $10,000 to place defibrillators, or “AEDs,” in various organizations, including Joy Junction, Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church, and Petroglyph Little League. Thursday, the hospital trained those groups on how to use…

By Rosalie Rayburn / Journal Staff Writer Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 at 12:02am ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bill Hamilton is looking forward to trout fishing on the San Juan River this summer. For the past couple of years, a failing heart valve sapped his energy, leaving him stuck on a recliner, gasping for breath. That all…

For every 100,000 people living in New Mexico in 2016, 1,466 years of life were lost to heart disease (ABC News). According to Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Collaboration and the American Medical Association, New Mexicans are more likely to be affected by heart disease than almost anywhere else in the country. The good news…

By Rosalie Rayburn / Journal Staff Writer Published: Monday, March 19th, 2018 at 11:54pm   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Arturo Madrid feels like he has a new lease on life, thanks to a medical procedure that wasn’t available in New Mexico until a few months ago. Madrid, 79, is the first patient in the state to…