Recent news on Cardiac Surgery

Same-day Coronary Angiography And Surgery Safe For Many Patients  -  25 May 2007
Science Daily (press release)...an independent predictor of death after cardiac surgery; mortality rates have been reported as high as 44.4 percent to 63.7 percent, the researchers

The Health Care Challenge  -  25 May 2007
American SpectatorFinally, a study in the British Journal of Surgery compared patients in the US and UK who had major surgery (except cardiac surgery.

Study: Tiniest babies fare best at large California hospitals  -  25 May 2007
San Jose Mercury News,...for newborns, from no specialized services to advanced neonatal intensive-care units offering cardiac surgery and staffed around the clock by specialized

KCI Announces the Appointment of Chief Medical Officer  -  25 May 2007
Business Wire (press release),Prior to joining KCI, Dr. Ciaburri built two national “top 100� cardiac surgery programs, the most recent of which was a start-up program in New York State.

Seeing to the heart of cardiac surgery  -  May 23, 2007
Scenta.co.uk,In ablation therapy, a permanent alternative to medication, myocardial cells in the left atrium are obliterated to interrupt the problematic pathway.

Few takers for tea with Mandela  -  May 23, 2007
Aljazeera.net,..."Paediatric cardiac surgery is today so corrective, in other words you can take a child as a newborn child who without surgery would not live more than a

REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Brigham and Women's Hospital Cardiac ...  -  May 22, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),R. Morton Bolman III, MD, Chief of Cardiac Surgery will narrate during the procedure and respond to email questions from viewers.

Atrial Fibrillation Device Therapy - Identifying Drivers of ...  -  May 24, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...which also includes research in the following markets: US Cardiac Surgery Markets, US Cardiac Rhythm Management Markets and US Catheters Markets.

New guidelines for blood conservation during cardiac procedures  -  May 20, 2007
News-Medical.net,...implementing an entire program," said Spiess. "We have not only been successful in cardiac surgery but also now have a full program for the whole hospital."

St. Vincent putting final touches on new heart center  -  May 20, 2007
Toledo Blade,...the 2007 Cardiac Care Excellence Award and the 2007 Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award from HealthGrades, an independent health-care ratings company.

Perioperative outcomes of cardiac surgery in kidney and kidney ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryObjective: Cardiovascular disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in organ transplant recipients, and cardiac surgery has become more common in

Vice-President Taha inaugurates Peace Cardiac Surgery Center  -  May 5, 2007
Sudanese Media Center,The Vice-President of the Republic, Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, inaugurated Thursday at Soba Peace Cardiac Surgery Centre, which was constructed jointly by the

UMDNJ weighs cardiac merger  -  May 17, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,Jacobs said yesterday he was not ready to say whether cardiac surgery will remain at University Hospital, although he called the current discussions

Addressing a great need  -  May 18, 2007
Waterloo Record,In teaching centres, where most cardiac surgery has traditionally been done, anesthesiologists are assisted by medical students and residents.

Bare metal better in surgery  -  May 14, 2007
Health24.com,While cardiac stents covered with a drug are more effective at keeping diseased arteries propped open, heart patients who undergo non-cardiac surgery after

Guidelines For Blood Conservation During Cardiac Procedures Developed  -  May 17, 2007
HULIQ,..."We have not only been successful in cardiac surgery but also now have a full program for the whole hospital." -Virginia Commonwealth University.

Hemodynamic effects of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in cardiac ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryObjective: The hemodynamic effects of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in cardiac surgery are debated. The aim of the present study was to quantify cardiac

62-yr-old Punjab woman survives 'rare' cardiac surgery  -  Apr 29, 2007
NewKerala.com,By Ravinder Singh Robin, Amritsar, Apr 29 : An eight-member team of doctors of Escorts Heart and Super Specialty saved the life of a 62-year-old woman,

Doctor happy with surgeries  -  May 18, 2007
Fiji Times,Dr Nicholson is among a 30-member cardiac surgery team conducting two-weeks of surgery on 23 children and 15 adults. Yesterday, the team completed surgery

Bare-metal Stents Are Better for Some Heart Patients  -  May 16, 2007
DG NewsThe second, non-cardiac, surgery was performed an average of 47 days later. All were performed under general anesthesia and were successful.

Bare-Metal Stents Are Better For Some Heart Patients  -  May 16, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open diseased heart arteries, they should not be used for patients who need to have non-cardiac surgery a

Patient: Costs rule out surgery in Toronto  -  May 9, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,...the board cuts to operating time due to a shortage of anesthetists at the hospital are blamed for current long waits for non-emergency cardiac surgery.

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryWhat is the effect of immunosuppression on wound healing in cardiac surgery? Were the people who had wound complications in your group receiving higher

Heart surgeons give Shahil new lease of life  -  May 17, 2007
Fiji Times,A CHILD from Ba was among 23 others who had the chance to live life anew thanks to a foreign cardiac surgery team. Shahil Shameez Ali, 4, was diagnosed with

Healtheuniverse Announces Appointment of CEO Dr. Vipul Dev MD as ...  -  May 23, 2007
Market Wire (press release)...non-embryonic adult stem cells for use in plastic and reconstructive surgery, orthopedic surgery, vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, and wound care.

MedicalCV, Inc. Announces Completion of First Clinical Cases with ...  -  May 16, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Dr. Caskey, a pioneer in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, said, "MedicalCV's Ablation Systems proved to be uniquely suited for my application as they

Cardiac surgeon named Chancellor’s Professor  -  May 2, 2007
The UCLA Daily Bruin,...“He’s spent his career perfecting techniques in all fields of cardiac surgery. ... It is fairly unusual to have that kind of breadth.

Medtronic's Cardiovascular Business Receives Product Line ...  -  May 8, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The Cardiac Surgery business at Medtronic offers a wide variety of surgical products for the cardiac surgeon including perfusion systems, both mechanical-

Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients  -  May 11, 2007
SpiritIndia,Deferral of the second, non-cardiac surgery for five to 12 weeks after the interventional procedure.Discontinuation of clopidogrel (Plavix) at least five

Doctor implores township to push for cardiac center  -  Apr 26, 2007
Asbury Park Press,BERKELEY — Community Medical Center is enlisting Ocean County residents in the fight to get state approval for a regional cardiac surgery center at the Toms

Cardiologists hope deal with Ontario hospital will help reduce ...  -  May 8, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,Ontario has created several cardiac surgery centres in recent years, meaning the waits for any type of cardiac surgery at Sunnybrook are two weeks or

The Wisconsin Heart Hospital First in US to Use Newly FDA-Cleared ...  -  May 9, 2007
Wisbusiness.com,...most technically-sophisticated, safe and effective devices like the C-Port Flex A to improve patient outcomes and enable less invasive cardiac surgery."

He's all heart  -  May 10, 2007
Beaverton Valley Times,...“At the time there was no way to interrupt circulation, but technology developments eventually made cardiac surgery possible,� he recalled.

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