Rare brain, open-heart surgeries give heart failure patient new chance at life

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – A rare, two-part surgical effort involving both brain and heart specialists gave a longtime heart failure patient a new chance at life, bringing together teams at Mayfield Brain & Spine and The Christ Hospital.

Melanie Warren, who has been in heart failure for decades, underwent brain surgery and then, weeks later, open-heart surgery—an uncommon sequence of procedures.

A rare, two-part surgical effort involving both brain and heart specialists gave a longtime heart failure patient a new chance at life, bringing together teams at Mayfield Brain & Spine and The Christ Hospital. (WKRC, Provided)…

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