News tagged with cardiac surgeon

Surgeon 'gluing' the breastbone together after open-heart surgery

An innovative method is being used to repair the breastbone after it is intentionally broken to provide access to the heart during open-heart surgery. The technique uses a state-of-the-art adhesive that rapidly ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Baby with 'external heart' recovers after surgery: reports

A 10-day-old baby born with a heart on the outside of his body is recovering in an Indian hospital after undergoing surgery to create space for the organ, reports said Friday.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists link fat hormone to death from potentially deadly blood infection

A new Canadian study has found that lower-than-normal levels of a naturally-occurring fat hormone may increase the risk of death from sepsis—an overwhelming infection of the blood which claims thousands of lives each year.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For the dogs: Team performs open-heart canine surgeries

Plagued with a defective heart valve that caused fluid accumulation in his lungs, Leo was in need of serious medical help.

Biology / Other

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Smallest artificial heart pump' implanted: German hospital

Doctors in Germany have successfully implanted the world's smallest artificial heart pump, billed as more effective and unobtrusive than earlier devices, a hospital said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Environment plays role in complex heart defect

A congenital heart disease that often leads to death in newborns is significantly more common during the summer, leading researchers to believe that the environment, and not just genes that affect the heart, may play a role ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Trauma patients safe from mortality risks associated with so-called 'weekend effect'

People who are in car crashes or suffer serious falls, gunshot or knife wounds and other injuries at nights or on weekends do not appear to be affected by the same medical care disparities as patients who suffer heart attacks, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bypass procedure used during infant heart surgery does not impair later neurological outcomes

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common birth defects in humans, affecting 8 per 1000 live births with one third of affected children requiring intervention in early infancy. Increasing numbers of survivors combined ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Few complications one year after aortic valve implantation

Research presented at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), demonstrated an "exceptionally low" rate of complications ...

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

Is there long-term brain damage after bypass surgery? More evidence puts the blame on heart disease

Brain scientists and cardiac surgeons at Johns Hopkins have evidence from 227 heart bypass surgery patients that long-term memory losses and cognitive problems they experience are due to the underlying coronary artery disease ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cardiothoracic surgeons projected to be in short supply by 2025

Health and population trends could increase demand for cardiothoracic surgeons in the United States far greater than the supply - diminishing and delaying care, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American He ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Type of physician certification associated with risk of complications from ICDs

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, ...

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


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