Cardiac Surgery

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Robert J. White: Studies show cooling has impact on body  -  22 Nov 2009
News-Herald.comOver the years, hypothermic technology has been adopted as a valuable adjunct for cardiac surgery and, to some extent, neurosurgery. ...

The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Wall Street JournalMany surgeons in other countries would never reach that number of any type of cardiac surgery in their lifetimes. Dr. Shetty's success rates appear to be as ...

Imaging and computing power leading to breakthroughs for cardiac surgery  -  ‎Nov 21, 2009‎
European HospitalTwo members of the Heart Center at the University of Leipzig teamed up during Medica for a tour de force presentation on Future Trends in Cardiac Surgery. ...

Hospitals with or without cardiac surgery onsite had similar MI, mortality ...  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Endocrine TodayMassachusetts, similar to many other states, prohibits PCI in cardiac catheterization labs if a hospital does not perform cardiac surgery onsite (SOS), ...

Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern does well in national cardiac ranking  -  ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
Lower Hudson Journal newsSUFFERN — The cardiac surgery program at Good Samaritan Hospital has earned a high ranking from a ...

Using glue to mend breastbone after open-heart surgery means quicker healing  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
The Canadian Press..."We haven't really innovated anything since cardiac surgery became routine 50 years ago, in terms of the chest closure. We're still closing the chest the ...

THI organises live open heart surgery  -  ‎Nov 21, 2009‎
The News InternationalDuring the time when Dr Khalid was performing cardiac surgery, Dr Ghufranullah kept everyone amused with his sense of humour, which came in handy as it kept ...

Surgery program ranked high  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
Topeka Capital JournalBy The Capital-Journal Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center and its Adult Cardiac Surgery Program has been awarded the highest designation of three stars ...

Surgery Not Linked to Memory Problems in Older Patients  -  ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
Science Daily (press release)They also excluded cardiac surgery patients from this study because of elevated stroke risk and other risks posed by cardiac surgery that aren't as common ...

St. Vincent's highly rated for cardiac surgery  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Bridgeport News1 in Connecticut for cardiac surgery, according to the 2010 rankings of HealthGrades, the leading independent ranking source in the nation. ...

POPE: Diclofenac ineffective at reducing pericardial effusion  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Endocrine TodayDiclofenac was not effective at treating moderate to severe pericardial effusion in patients following cardiac surgery and researchers recommend ...

Surgery not linked to memory problems in older patients  -  ‎Nov 21, 2009‎
Science CentricThey also excluded cardiac surgery patients from this study because of elevated stroke risk and other risks posed by cardiac surgery that aren't as common ...

Preventing Heart Attacks During Surgery: Drugs Not Foolproof  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
Ivanhoe...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The prescription of beta blockers to prevent heart attack during non-cardiac surgery does not prevent cardiac events in all cases, ...

Cardica Announces Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Financial Results and Business ...  -  ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
ReutersWe utilized the summer months, during which typically there are fewer cardiac surgery procedures, to train our new sales representatives, preparing them to ...

ATS Medical Announces First in World Human Robotic Endoscopic Aortic Valve ...  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
ReutersAbout ATS Medical ATS Medical, Inc. is dedicated to 'Advancing The Standards' of cardiac surgery through the development, manufacturing and marketing of ...

First open-heart surgery patient recovering  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Herald ZeitungChristus should have the cardiac care unit in a newly renovated 17000-square-foot, full-service interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery program, ...

Managing Patients With Clinically Significant Cardiac and Carotid Artery ...  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Archives of SurgeryThe incidence of significant carotid artery disease among patients undergoing cardiac surgery has been estimated to range from 2% to 20%, and a greater than ...

Traditional CABG Edges Off-Pump Approach  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
MedPage TodayPeterson reported being principal investigator for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Warehouse at Duke. ...

IDPH issues Hospitals Report Card  -  ‎Nov 21, 2009‎
Mt. Vernon Register-News...for knee arthroplasty was 99.21 percent; and preventative antibiotics stopped at the right time for other cardiac surgery was listed at 50 percent. ...

Cardiac surgery in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis and heart ...  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
7thSpace Interactive (press release)Retroperitoneal fibrosis is best described as a chronic inflammatory process which may be idiopathic, but can rarely be brought about by medications, ...

Heart surgery performed in New Braunfels  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
Herald ZeitungChristus is now in the process of investing $10 million in a full-service interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery program, with construction scheduled ...

Surgery Not Linked To Memory Problems In Older Patients  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Medical News Today (press release)They also excluded cardiac surgery patients from this study because of elevated stroke risk and other risks posed by cardiac surgery that aren't as common ...

Turkish cardio surgeons to operate in Kyrgyzstan  -  ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
24...the experience exchange campaign between the two countries. The Turkish delegation is headed by a renowned Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Barbaros Dokmaci.

Heart Surgeon Speaks At Annual Science Forum At Kingswood-Oxford School  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Hartford CourantHe also consults with the Columbia University Division of Cardiac Surgery's HeartSource on the management of heart surgery programs in nine hospitals in ...

Saint Barnabas ranked No. 1 in New Jersey for cardiac surgery  -  ‎Oct 30, 2009‎
newjerseynewsroom.comAs a result, Saint Barnabas is a recipient of the HealthGrades 2010 Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award. Saint Barnabas' cardiac care received the highest ...

Blood products should be used conservatively in heart-surgery patients, trial ...  -  ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
TheHeart.OrgEdmonton, AB - Perioperative blood product transfusions for stable cardiac-surgery patients increases the risk of death, renal failure, and sepsis or ...

Video: Local man gets first angioplasty at Kelowna General Hospital  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Kelowna.comIn British Columbia, the wait time for cardiac surgery has dropped more than 50 per cent to under seven weeks in 2008-09 from 15.1 weeks in 2001. ...

Concern remains over 'dangerous' waiting lists  -  ‎Nov 15, 2009‎
Sunday Business PostThere are around 120 children on the cardiac surgery waiting list in Crumlin and Joy's parents have launched a campaign to highlight the plight of their ...

Vitamin supplements complicate cancer treatments  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
ABC Online..."But self-medicating complementary medicines while you're... after cardiac surgery can have potentially disastrous implications for blood clotting and ...

Key Words: Aprotinin • Cardiac surgery • Mortality • Late survival  -  ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (subscription)Stamou and colleagues present another critical article about adverse outcome following administration of aprotinin in adult cardiac surgery [1]. ...

Shasta County's high surgical rates questioned  -  ‎Nov 15, 2009‎
Record-Searchlight..."In a funny way, it's kind of Redding (Medical Center) all over again - the cardiac surgery redux," said Shannon Brownlee, a senior research fellow for the ...

Non-Cardiac Surgery and Antiplatelet Therapy Following Coronary Artery Stenting  -  ‎Oct 30, 2009‎
Cardiosource1. Approximately 5% of patients who undergo stenting of a coronary artery for the treatment of coronary artery disease will require noncardiac surgery in ...

Patients give scars a miss, opt for keyhole surgeries  -  ‎Nov 15, 2009‎
Times of IndiaThis complex cardiac surgery that involved replacement of the aortic valve and proximal hemi-aortic arch through a four-inch incision is the first of its ...

Dose dependent effect of statins on postoperative atrial fibrillation after ...  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
7thSpace Interactive (press release)Previous studies on the effects of Statins in preventing atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery have shown conflicting results. ...

13 Clinical Speakers At International Cardiac Conference  -  ‎Nov 15, 2009‎
Bru DirectLater, a Heart Surgery symposium saw topics presented on New Look Cardiac Surgery: Percutaneous Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery and New Generation ...

Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy Guidelines Updated Treatment initiation ...  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
ModernMedicine...according to an update of the 2007 guidelines outlining cardiovascular evaluation and care for non-cardiac surgery published online Nov. ...

PM's press secretary undergoes cardiac surgery at LabAid  -  ‎Nov 5, 2009‎
Bangladesh News 24 hoursDhaka, Nov 6 (bdnews24.com)—Abul Kalam Azad, press secretary to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, underwent an angioplasty and stenting at LabAid Hospital on ...

New lease of life for cardio department at Sassoon  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
Expressindia.comThis is a high-intensity focused ultrasound machine that can be used during bypass cardiac surgery to convert irregular heart beats to regular ones. ...

Volunteers serving up holiday meals in Greater Fall RIver  -  ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
Fall River Herald NewsThe dinner is completely funded by physicians of Charlton Memorial Hospital, including Dr. Thomas Carr, head of the cardiac surgery department, ...

Collaborative care model improved quality-of-life, depression in CABG patients  -  ‎Nov 16, 2009‎
Cardiology TodayDepression following a major cardiac surgery is a common problem. This study was well designed and demonstrated that relatively minor interventions can add ...

New NIH grants fill gap in pediatric drug research  -  ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Scope (blog)Hammer's team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital will compare two morphine-like painkillers used after cardiac surgery in newborns, infants and young ...

Izzie Returns and the New Doctor Arrives on "Grey's Anatomy"  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
SILive.comABCCristina doesn't like Teddy at first, but after they do a cardiac surgery and save a child's life, she changes her mind. Teddy confesses to Owen at the ...

Saving Children's Hearts Through Photography  -  ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
City on a Hill PressThe photo gallery displays professional and amateur photography depicting Save a Child's Heart, an Israeli organization that performs cardiac surgery on ...

'Save a Child's Heart' exhibition at EU Parliament in Brussels  -  ‎Nov 17, 2009‎
European Jewish PressSince 1995, 40% of the children who underwent cardiac surgery are from Africa (Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Nigeria, Congo, Rwanda…); 49% from the Palestinian ...

Effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on activated partial thromboplastin time ...  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
7thSpace Interactive (press release)The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of BPW to detect sepsis after cardiac surgery under CPB. Methods: We conducted a prospective study in ...

Frank A. Sass Jr., FBI agent  -  ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
Baltimore Sun3 from complications after cardiac surgery at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. He was 87. He was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa. ...

WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderSwedishAmerican Hospital awarded Top Heart ...  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
WREX-TVAP News The HealthGrades award places SwedishAmerican in the top ten percent in the United States for cardiac surgery. HealthGrades, Inc. is the leading ...

MiCardia DYANA Clinical Study Interim Results Highlighted at 23rd Annual ...  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
Business Wire (press release)During the scientific presentation, Professor Alfieri, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy and principal investigator ...

Neurosurgery Resident's Book Helps Ease Youths' Fears About Brain Surgery  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Behavioral Health Central (blog)In fact, her first interest was in cardiac surgery. After earning an undergraduate degree in psychology as a pre-med student at the University of ...

Vassar Brothers, NDH earn awards  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Westfair OnlineVassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie received an award for Cardiac Surgery Excellence for the third year in a row and Northern Dutchess Hospital ...



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