Nearly a Decade Apart, Husband and Wife Get Lifesaving Heart Implant to Prevent Strokes
Cedars-SinaiIt’s been nearly a decade since Gheorghe Sandru received the heart implant that changed his life. Sandru, 85, was the first patient enrolled in a Cedars-Sinai clinical trial for a tiny implant known as the WATCHMAN Device. It reduces the risk of deadly strokes in patients with erratic heartbeats by closing a pouch in the heart where blood pools, preventing clots from traveling out of the heart and into the body. Now it’s his wife’s turn.