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Articles Device gives heart an assist Looking inside the heart... New computer software at Bay Regional Medical Center gave heart doctors beautiful 3-D images of Norma J. Stempien's pumping heart on Friday. The images were part of the first cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to take place in the Tri-Cities. The procedure is non-invasive and allows doctors to see the heart with more detail than ever before. Proposal 2 passage brings joy for some, concern for others Research with embryonic stem cells remains an emotionally charged issue," said Dr. Peter Fattal, director of the State of the Heart research program at... Heart surgery for seniors often proves successful ... a cardiovascular surgeon who no longer performs surgery because of arthritis but works with the heart team at the Michigan CardioVascular Institute, ... Saginaw doctors move toward robotic artery surgery New devices that staple coronary arteries into place during bypass surgery -- instead of a surgeon sewing by hand -- could allow for robotic-assisted heart bypasses in Saginaw within a few months.