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Gray-haired man wearing glasses and a red sweater sits in a black leather armchair in a home setting.

March 18, 2021

Device to treat AFib may eliminate need for blood thinners

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in a trial for a device that could revolutionize the way patients are treated for atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib.)

By Matt Batcheldor

concept illustration of knee with pain radiating from it

September 14, 2017

Novel knee surgery utilizes patient’s regrown cartilage cells

Vanderbilt’s Scott Arthur, M.D., recently performed the state’s first knee surgery using a newly approved implant containing a patient’s regrown cartilage cells.

By Tom Wilemon