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Local Man Set To Appear on WDIV's "Minds of Medicine" Show

Dan Dubeau's story featured on program that will air Dec. 5 at 8 p.m.

Dan Dubeau, a Macomb Township resident, is set to be featured on the Dec. 5 “Minds of Medicine: Innovating by Heart” show, which airs at 8 p.m. on WDIV (channel 4). 

Dubeau is one of three patients sharing their story with the medical program. The program gives a behind-the-scenes view as physicians at four Henry Ford hospitals address challenging heart conditions.

After Dubeau developed a cough and weakness while on the golf course, his doctor diagnosed a leak in his heart’s mitral valve, which controls the blood flow into the heart from the lungs. He had robotic heart surgery at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township.

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Through five incisions, the robot gives Steven Harrington, M.D., medical director, Heart and Vascular Institute, a three-dimensional view inside the body. From a console in the operating room, the surgeon repaired the defective mitral valve with the aid of robotic instruments.

“Ten days after the procedure, I played nine holes of golf,” Dubeau said. “And I was back to work in three weeks. I had this procedure to improve my life, not to put it on hold.”

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