News tagged with thoracic aortic

Discovery sheds more light on deadly thoracic aortic disease

Discovery of a fifth gene defect and the identification of 47 DNA regions linked to thoracic aortic disease are the subject of studies released this month involving researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center ...

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created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New guidelines aim to prevent unnecessary death from thoracic aortic disease

When actor John Ritter died suddenly in 2003 from a tear in his thoracic aorta—the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body—that tragedy brought attention to a rare but deadly condition that ...

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created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single gene defect can cause stroke, other artery diseases

For the first time, scientists have discovered a single gene defect that causes thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections as well as early onset coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke and Moyamoya disease. ...

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ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS release consensus document to help guide use of minimally invasive heart therapy

With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with aortic valvular stenosis, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), along with the ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UofL physicians, Jewish Hospital first in Kentucky to offer new aortic valve replacement

Some individuals with severe aortic stenosis – also known as narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart – who are not well enough to undergo open heart surgery have a new treatment option thanks to a new procedure ...

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created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Edwards valve prosthesis in patients with low logistic Euroscore

Results from a study presented today at the ESC Congress 2011, show that TAVI implantation in low risk patients, met with 100% procedural success (versus 95.3% in the high Euroscore group (p=0.1).

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hemodynamic results after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Since 2007 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has become an alternative treatment for elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis at high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. At present, durability and ...

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Researchers prove direct link between immunoglobulin E and atherogenesis

There is an observed correlation between Immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels atherosclerosis, with twice amount of IgE present in patients with acute myocardial infarction as in patients with stable angina or without coronary heart ...

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created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers link chromosome region to thoracic aortic disease

Patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms that lead to acute aortic dissections are 12 times more likely to have duplications in the DNA in a region of chromosome 16 (16p13.1) than those without the disease, ...

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created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple new bedside screening effectively identifies patients with acute aortic dissection

The most lethal and sudden cardiovascular event can be the toughest for doctors to diagnose.

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created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Cow valve' heart implant hailed as breakthrough

A new type of heart valve made with cow tissue and inserted by catheter was hailed on Sunday as a major breakthrough that could eliminate the need for open heart surgery in some patients, US doctors said Sunday.

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created Apr 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart surgeries can trigger a multitude of complications

Strokes, seizures and other neurological complications related to heart surgery account for "considerable morbidity and mortality," Loyola University Health System neurologists report in the November issue of the journal ...

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created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study backs new heart valve without cracking chest

(AP) -- Thousands of older Americans who need new heart valves but are too frail to survive the surgery might soon get a chance at an easier option - a way to thread in an artificial aortic valve without ...

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created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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