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Heart Hospital of Austin at St. David’s Round Rock recently became the first facility in Texas to perform a new procedure to treat blood clots in the lungs. (Heart Hospital of Austin at St. David’s Round Rock)

Round Rock hospital first in Texas to use new clot removal catheter

By Gracie Warhurst

This new procedure is an alternative to medications like blood thinners to remove a clot, and can work faster with minimal invasion.

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