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    Manatee Memorial Hospital Announces First Implant of Dissolving Heart Stent

    Coconut Telegraph

    SRQ DAILY

    SATURDAY OCT 15, 2016 |

    The interventional cardiology team at Manatee Memorial Hospital is the first in Manatee and Sarasota counties to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new treatment that literally disappears over time. The Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold stent opens clogged arteries to restore blood flow and gradually dissolves in the body, reducing the risk of future blockages that can occur with metal stents. This implant is the world's first FDA-approved dissolving heart stent. S. Jay Mathews, MD, cardiologist with Bradenton Cardiology Center successfully implanted the first Abbott Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold stent into a 52-year-old male patient last week at the Manatee Heart and Vascular Center at Manatee Memorial Hospital. 

    Manatee Memorial Hospital

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    A Magical Evening | SRQ Magazine's Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

    Photos from the SRQ Magazine Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

    Jan 4, 2020

    The Sexiest Show in Ballet

    The Sarasota Ballet perform, for the first time, George Balanchine’s evocative and exotic Bugaku April 27-28. This remarkable ballet was a tribute by Balanchine to the refined elegance of Japanese music and dance, and during its world premiere renowned dance critic Anna Kissel

    Apr 11, 2018

    Families First Institute Offers Free, Public Courses to Strengthen Families

    Children First, Sarasota County’s exclusive provider of Head Start and Early Head Start programs serves more than 700 of the county’s most vulnerable children and their families each year, providing high-quality education, care, nutrition and family support services. Children First&rs

    Apr 4, 2018

    Give Gratitude, Grateful Patient Program

    If you have been a patient at Sarasota Memorial, perhaps you can look back to when the care you received exceeded your expectations. Maybe it was kind words from a doctor or nurse, the patience of a technologist who took the time to explain a procedure, or a volunteer, housekeeper or food service

    Jan 12, 2018