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ECMO took over when his body needed it
Read more: ECMO took over when his body needed itBy the time David Fritz arrived that afternoon at UT Health Tyler, his life was in immediate danger. A massive blood clot had lodged itself at the split in his main pulmonary artery — a condition known as a saddle pulmonary embolism. The clot was blocking blood flow to both lungs, starving his body of…
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Caregiver teams work together to save cardiac patient
Read more: Caregiver teams work together to save cardiac patientRandall Robinson doesn’t remember much about what happened that day, only what others have told him. The 73-year-old Whitehouse resident and retired CPA stays active most days by handling maintenance duties at his rental property and at Whitehouse Methodist Church. One Wednesday morning, Robinson was driving his white pickup truck down Grande Boulevard in Tyler…
