News tagged with heart surgeon
Robots help surgeons transcend human limits
At times, it's tough going for Whitney Hatchett. "I was born with three heart defects. Two were operated on when I was 11 days old," she tells us.
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Italian doctors give teenager artificial heart: hospital
Doctors in Italy implanted an artificial heart into a 15-year-old boy on Saturday, the first time the procedure has been performed on a child, the hospital said.
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Oct 02, 2010 |
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Lack of private insurance contribute to higher deaths among black heart transplant patients
Transplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins who have reviewed the medical records of more than 20,000 heart transplant patients say that it is not simply racial differences, but rather flaws in the health care system, along with ...
May 31, 2010 |
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In infant heart surgery, newer technique yields better survival in first year of life
Pediatric researchers report that a recently introduced surgical procedure offers infants with severely underdeveloped hearts a better chance at surviving during their first year of life, in comparison to the standard surgery.
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May 26, 2010 |
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Ventricular assist device gives Idaho man chance to resume an active life
After receiving only the fourth U.S. implant of a new-generation, Utah-made ventricular assist (VAD) device, an Idaho man with heart failure is looking forward to resuming an active life following an operation on March 17 ...
Apr 08, 2010 |
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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
Jan 26, 2010 |
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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, ...
Jan 23, 2010 |
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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.
Sep 04, 2009 |
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'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.
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Aug 17, 2009 |
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MRI simulation of blood flow helps plan child's delicate heart surgery (w/ Video)
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with pediatric cardiologists and surgeons at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, have developed a tool for virtual surgery that allows ...
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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Transplant patient had chest organs in opposite positions
For much of his life, Jack Eigel endured ribbing about his heart being in the wrong place. But the jokes stopped early Tuesday when doctors performed an extremely rare and complicated heart transplant.
Aug 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Aug 03, 2009 |
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British girl's heart heals itself after transplant
(AP) -- British doctors designed a radical solution to save a girl with major heart problems in 1995: they implanted a donor heart directly onto her own failing heart.
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Jul 14, 2009 |
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4 out of 106 heart replacement valves from pig hearts failed
Pig heart valves used to replace defective aortic valves in human patients failed much earlier and more often than expected, says a report from cardiac surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. This ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2009 |
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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, ...
Apr 21, 2009 |
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