CINCINNATI —

UC Health is making history with a groundbreaking cardiac procedure. A team of surgeons performed a world-first operation that could change the way heart failure patients are treated.

A team of surgeons and specialists are the first in the world to successfully use amniotic membrane to treat VAD infection; a very common and serious complication in patients who have an LVAD implanted in their healing heart. It's a pioneering step that could open new doors in heart failure care. Advertisement

“There was nothing easy about this entire journey and if I tell you that, I'm lying,” said Joseph Ashby Williams III.

In 2023, Joseph Williams suddenly went into cardiac arrest. He was diagnosed with heart failure and placed on the transplant list. While he waited, Williams was given a

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