September 11, 2012 (Seattle, Washington) — Short-term follow-up of only 20 patients with the latest version of the Synergy (CircuLite, Saddle Brook NJ) partial-support left ventricular-assist device ...
Prospective Trial of a Pediatric Ventricular Assist DeviceCharles D. Fraser, Jr., M.D., Robert D.B. Jaquiss, M.D., David N. Rosenthal, M.D., Tilman Humpl, M.D., Ph.D., Charles E. Canter, M.D., Eugene ...
The Importance of Fibrinogen in the Management of Cardiac Surgical BleedingBy Kenichi Tanaka, MD, MSc Definition and Etiology Figure 1. Fibrinogen is a plasma glycoprotein which plays pivotal ro ...
Transfusion of blood during cardiac surgery is associated with higher long-term mortality in low-risk patients Carl-Johan Jakobsena,*, Pia Katarina Ryhammera, Mariann Tangb, Jan Jesper Andreasenc and ...
First Gene Therapy Ever Recommended for Approval in EuropeJuly 23, 2012 — The European Medicines Agency has for the first time recommended approval of a gene therapy, for the treatment of lipoprotein ...
Two Hundred Years of Hospital Costs and Mortality — MGH and Four Eras of Value in MedicineGregg S. Meyer, M.D., Akinluwa A. Demehin, M.P.H., Xiu Liu, M.S., and Duncan Neuhauser, Ph.D.N Engl J Med 201 ...
Background:Inhaled iloprost (average 30 µg/d) has been considered an effective treatment for severe pulmonary hypertension (PH). Further evidence also showed that low-dose iloprost given intraven ...
全文下载:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/clc.21956/fullThree recent articles reported disappointment in the scientific community and in political circles in Washington, DC, because the ext ...
Medtronic is using microelectronics to make a pacemaker so small it can be injected. Monday, February 28, 2011By Emily Singer Keeping rhythm: A tiny pacemaker being developed by Medtronic is smal ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) Nov 15 - An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but three kiwis could lower your blood pressure. A study presented at the American Heart Association scientific meeting in Orl ...
Alex R. Kemper, William T. Mahle, Gerard R. Martin, W. Carl Cooley, Praveen Kumar, et al. Sufficient evidence was found to begin screening for low blood oxygen saturation through the use of pulse o ...
Laser balloon used in breakthrough heart operation 19 Aug 2011 A new ‘laser balloon’ which is allowing surgeons to see inside the beating heart for the very first time is giving hope to patients ...
http://www.theheart.org/article/1258667.do Lisa Nainggolan A case report of a patient who suffered erosion of anAmplatzerseptal-occluder device (St Jude Medical) six years after it was implan ...