News tagged with coronary artery bypass 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 ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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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 ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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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
May 19, 2010 |
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New treatment method in sight in cardiac surgery
A joint clinical trial conducted by the University Hospital and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, found that an element in human blood, fibrinogen, is likely more vital to the blood's clotting ability in connection with ...
May 10, 2010 |
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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.
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Study compares bypass surgery to angioplasty
At 56, Tim Obrenski found himself getting so exhausted that he couldn't even pull weeds from his garden. A visit to the cardiologist uncovered a major blockage in his heart's left main artery, and he was told he needed bypass ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 13, 2010 |
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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 ...
Mar 14, 2010 |
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Doctors are failing to lower heart patients' cholesterol adequately
Only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels according to a study of 25,250 patients in Germany published online today in the European Heart Journal.
Mar 10, 2010 |
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New methods needed to ID cardiac catheterization candidates
It's time to re-think how patients are selected for cardiac catheterization, say doctors at Duke University Medical Center, after reporting in a new study that the invasive procedure found no significant coronary artery disease ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2010 |
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New method to grow arteries could lead to 'biological bypass' for heart disease
A new method of growing arteries could lead to a "biological bypass"—or a non-invasive way to treat coronary artery disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report with their colleagues in the April issue of Journal of ...
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Mar 08, 2010 |
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Squeezing 'pants' good fit for some heart patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- Squeezing into a tight pair of pants can be a painful experience, but a new type of "pants" recommended for certain heart patients actually squeezes back and provides pain relief.
Feb 04, 2010 |
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A better sign of blood vessel narrowing and early coronary artery disease
Cardiologists and heart imaging specialists at 15 medical centers in eight countries, and led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, have enrolled the first dozen patients in a year-long investigation to learn whether the subtle ...
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Feb 03, 2010 |
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Hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
The outlook for individuals with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease is not as grim as originally believed, according to new Saint Louis University research published in Circulation, the Journal of the American He ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 03, 2009 |
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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.
Aug 05, 2009 |
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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 ...
Aug 05, 2009 |
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