Cardiac surgery
hideCardiac surgery is surgery on the heart and/or great vessels performed by a cardiac surgeon. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, coronary artery bypass grafting), correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease created by various causes including endocarditis. It also includes heart transplantation.
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News tagged with heart surgery
New Zealand scientists develop wireless heart pump
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New Zealand scientists have developed the technology for a wireless heart pump they say could save thousands of lives and offer an alternative to heart transplants.
And the beat goes on: Scientists jump-start the heart by gene transfer
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota show in a research report published online in the FASEB Journal that gene therapy may be used to improve an ailing heart's ability to contract properly. In additi ...
Study offers less complex, minimally invasive procedure to treat heart valve leak
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Cardiac experts at Rush University Medical Center are studying a new, minimally invasive procedure to treat leaky heart valves. Instead of open heart surgery, patients will undergo a less complex catheter-based procedure ...
FDA tells doctors new heparin formula less potent
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is alerting doctors that a widely used blood thinner has been reformulated to improve its safety, though the change could open the door to dosing errors.
Radiological treatment method spares patients surgery and offers 89 percent cost savings
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Pericardial effusion, the collection of fluid around the heart, typically occurs in patients following heart surgery and is usually treated using an invasive surgical drainage technique. However researchers have discovered ...
Bypassing bypass surgery
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Although open-heart surgery is a frequent treatment for heart disease, it remains extremely dangerous. Now groundbreaking research from Dr. Britta Hardy of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine ...
Neurological complications of heart surgery
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Possible neurological complications of heart surgery, ranging from headaches to strokes, are detailed in a new report in the online journal MedLink Neurology.
Intensive in-hospital support doubles likelihood of smoking cessation in heart patients
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Patients admitted to hospital with coronary artery disease are twice as likely to quit smoking after receiving intensive smoking cessation support compared to minimal support, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical As ...
Culture change to encourage whistleblowing needed, says expert
May 27, 2009 |
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Greater statutory protection, support from regulatory bodies and, above all, a culture change to encourage whistleblowing are required to protect patients and clinicians, according to an editorial published on bmj.com today.
Gene test determines risk of heart surgery complications
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Genetic differences can explain why some patients undergoing heart surgery later experience shock and kidney complications, according to a study by researchers at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the ...
Risk factors identified for pneumonia after heart surgery
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the main cause of nosocomial infection in patients undergoing major heart surgery. An international study of 25 hospitals from 8 European countries, published in BioMed Central's open ...
No drop in IQ seen after bypass for child heart surgery
Nov 10, 2008 |
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The use of cardiopulmonary bypass does not cause short-term neurological problems in children and teenagers after surgery for less complex heart defects, according to pediatric researchers. The new finding contrasts favorably ...
