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Bypass surgery has long-term benefits for children with Kawasaki disease
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Coronary artery bypass surgery provides long-term benefits for children whose hearts and blood vessels are damaged by Kawasaki disease, Japanese researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Different treatment options in chronic coronary artery disease
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Sometimes cardiologists and cardiac surgeons can agree! There is often disagreement between the professions of cardiology and cardiac surgery about the proper therapy for coronary artery disease (CAD)—and this can harm the ...
Study finds that minimally invasive robotic bypass surgery provides health and economic benefits
Apr 26, 2008 |
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Minimally invasive heart bypass surgery using a DaVinci robot means a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery for patients, as well as fewer complications and a better chance that the new bypass vessels will stay open. ...
Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump'
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It seemed like a great idea - doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has ...
Surgical study highlights pros and cons of gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Severely obese patients who underwent two different gastric bypass techniques had lost up to 31 per cent of their Body Mass Index (BMI) after four years, with no deaths reported among the 50 study subjects, according to the ...
Study links gastric bypass surgery to increased risk of kidney stones
Jun 26, 2008 |
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[B]Procedure associated with kidney stone formation earlier than previously reported[/B] CHICAGO (June 26, 2008) – Morbidly obese patients who undergo a particular type of gastric bypass surgery called Roux-en-Y gastric byp ...
Having heart surgery? Watch your blood sugar, especially if you're overweight or older
Jun 08, 2008 |
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Nearly half of all heart surgery patients may experience blood sugar levels high enough to require temporary insulin treatment after their operation, even though they've never had diabetes, according to a new study from the ...
Study examines outcomes of gastric bypass surgery in morbidly obese and superobese patients
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Superobese gastric bypass patients appear to have improvements in quality of life and obesity-related co-existing conditions, and despite losing weight remain obese after surgery, according to a report in the April issue ...
Weight Loss Plays Key Role in Diabetes Improvement Following Bariatric Surgery
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Stomach-reduction surgery is excellent treatment for severe diabetes, but doctors at Duke University Medical Center caution that it is not a magic bullet.
Hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The outlook for individuals with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease is not as grim as originally believed, according to new Saint Louis University research published in Circulation, the Journal of the American He ...
Weight loss after gastric bypass surgery may protect against infection and cancer
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Another health benefit of bariatric weight-loss surgery may be a heightened immune defense against cancer and infections, a new study suggests. The results will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting ...
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