News tagged with implantations


Type of physician certification associated with risk of complications from ICDs

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients whose implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted by nonelectrophysiologists are at increased risk of complications and are less likely to receive a specific type of ICD when clinically indicated, ...





Search results for implantations


Study exposes need for pediatric cardiac devices

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly two-thirds of children who undergo routine interventional cardiology procedures -- those involving a catheter to treat structural disorders of the heart -- may be receiving treatment with a device that's being used ...


Europe's device therapy use for heart failure doubles 2004-2008, some countries have low uptake

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The use of implantable devices for the treatment of heart failure increased "enormously" in Europe between the years 2004 and 2008, but there still remain large differences between countries, according to a study reported ...


Simulating surgery to reduce implant complications

Simulating surgery to reduce implant complications

Technology / Software

created Apr 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A computer simulation breakthrough could mean fewer medical complications and better surgical outcomes for patients undergoing hip, knee or spinal implant surgery.


Modelling nano-worlds

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Modelling the fabrication processes for integrated circuits can slash production development time and costs by up to 40%. But as transistors, already at nano-scales, become ever smaller, researchers are modelling ...


Big disparities in the treatment of arrhythmias across Europe

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The latest statistics regarding the use of pacemakers and implantable cardiac devices in Europe was presented on Sunday 21 June, at EUROPACE 2009, the meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)1 which takes plac ...



List of search results for implantations