News tagged with coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Elevated levels of cardiac biomarkers following CABG surgery associated with increased risk of death

Patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery and had elevated levels of the cardiac enzymes creatine kinase or troponin in the 24 hours following surgery had an associated intermediate and long-term increased ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some heart attack rates declining and survival improving

Coronary syndromes vary in severity, ranging from unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the most severe diagnosis. Little data exist ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Non-Invasive Technology Evaluated to Treat Cardiac Chest Pain

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego Health System is enrolling a small group of patients in a two-year study to examine the safety of a non-invasive cardiac shock wave procedure for patients with chest pain caused ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3 Questions: David Jones on heart problems

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a universal health-care law set to cover all United States citizens starting in 2013, many experts are now wondering how medical costs can be contained.

Medicine & Health / Health

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

EXCEL trial will determine safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents vs. bypass surgery

The announcement of a new clinical trial, EXCEL (Evaluation of Xience Prime versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularization), that will compare drug-eluting stents to coronary artery ...

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created Mar 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood transfusion study: Less is more

A new study suggests that blood transfusions for hospitalized cardiac patients should be a last resort because they double the risk of infection and increase by four times the risk of death.

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New DNA and RNA aptamers offer unique therapeutic advantages

A novel class of drugs composed of single strands of DNA or RNA, called aptamers, can bind protein targets with a high strength and specificity and are currently in clinical development as treatments for a broad range of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0