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Drug-coated stents less risky for heart bypass patients
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Coronary bypass surgery may carry less risk of serious complications if stents coated with a drug that suppresses cell growth are used in the procedure rather than bare-metal stents, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...
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Combination of aspirin and an anti-clotting drug reduces risk of dialysis access failure
May 21, 2009 |
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For the first time, a combination of aspirin and the anti-platelet drug dipyridamole has been shown to significantly reduce blockages and extend the useful life of new artery-vein access grafts used for hemodialysis, according ...
Clotting in veins close to skin may be associated with more dangerous deep-vein blood clots
Jul 20, 2009 |
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About one-fourth of patients with superficial vein thrombosis—clotting in blood vessels close to the skin—also may have the life-threatening condition deep vein thrombosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...
Sagem and Hitachi unveil multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi, the engineering and information technology giant will unveil the first ever multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device at Biometrics 2009 in London, Finger VP.
Natural aorta grafts have few side effects for infection-prone patients
Sep 10, 2007 |
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A vascular surgery technique pioneered at UT Southwestern Medical Center, in which veins are removed from the thigh to repair the aorta does not create blood-flow problems and painful side effects in a majority of patients, ...
Hitachi develops a 3mm thin-type finger vein authentication module
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of a 3mm thick thin-type finger vein authentication module. Finger vein authentication is a biometric identification technology which employs near infrared light ...
Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Sony Corporation today announced the development of a finger vein authentication technology called "mofiria." The user-friendly technology offers quick response and high accuracy and comes in a compact size ...
Bone marrow transplant patients may benefit from new immune research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Bone marrow transplant (BMT) researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center in Milwaukee may have found a mechanism that could preserve the leukemia-killing effects of a transplant graft, while limiting the ...
How to identify early graft dysfunction preoperatively?
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Small-for-size graft dysfunction (SFSGD) following living-related liver transplantation (LRLT) is characterized by early graft dysfunction (EGD) when the graft-to-recipient body weight ratio (GRBWR) is below 0.8%. However, ...
The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight is often overestimated
Jul 23, 2009 |
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The risk of developing deep vein thrombosis during a long flight is often overestimated. According to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), this condition is very unlikely in healthy travellers.
Scientists develop 'cyborg engineering' for coronary bypass grafting
Jun 03, 2008 |
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A team of London scientists have taken a major step in making the use of artificial veins and arteries in coronary bypass grafts a reality. In a study published in the June 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal, researchers descri ...
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