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The focus of cardiac surgery at St. Francis Heart Center in Indianapolis is the restoration of normal physiology for every patient’s heart. Photography by Shawn Spence.

 

The use of Extracellular Matrix (ECM) as a patch for reconstruction of cardiac tissue has expanded our ability to restore normal anatomy. The ECM is seen in the right hand of Dr. Marc Gerdisch of the St. Francis Heart Center in Indianapolis. Photography by Shawn Spence.

 

The dimensions of the CorMatrix ECM may be tailored by the surgeon to fit precisely the needed cardiac architecture. Photography by Shawn Spence.

 

The dimensions of the CorMatrix ECM may be tailored by the surgeon to fit precisely the needed cardiac architecture. Photography by Shawn Spence.

 

St. Francis Heart Center, Indianapolis

 

Marc W. Gerdisch, M.D., director of cardiothoracic surgery at the St. Francis Heart Center, Indianapolis