Southcoast Health has opened its second Hybrid Operating Room at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, marking a major step in expanding access to advanced cardiovascular care for patients across southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, according to a community announcement.

The state-of-the-art surgical suite combines high-resolution imaging technology with a fully equipped operating room, allowing physicians to perform complex, minimally invasive procedures with real-time precision. These include transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which replaces a narrowed aortic valve without open-heart surgery, and MitraClip implantation, a treatment for mitral valve leakage performed through a catheter.

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