News tagged with internal thoracic artery
Tiny turbine in human artery harvests energy from blood flow
(PhysOrg.com) -- A small turbine located inside a millimeters-wide human artery could harvest enough energy from blood flow to power implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers and drug-delivery pumps. The ...
May 20, 2011 |
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Bypass surgery has long-term benefits for children with Kawasaki disease
Coronary artery bypass surgery provides long-term benefits for children whose hearts and blood vessels are damaged by Kawasaki disease, Japanese researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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Mortality rates are an unreliable metric for assessing hospital quality, study finds
Is quality in the eye of the beholder? Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have found wide disparities among four common measures of hospital-wide mortality rates, with competing methods ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Single gene defect can cause stroke, other artery diseases
For the first time, scientists have discovered a single gene defect that causes thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections as well as early onset coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke and Moyamoya disease. ...
May 01, 2009 |
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New appropriate use criteria guide treatment of patients with heart blockage
If you're committed to fitness, the decision to climb a couple of flights of stairs rather than take the elevator is clear. But if you develop chest pain on the way up, deciding how to treat the symptoms of clogged arteries ...
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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ACC/AHA guidelines break new ground in adult congenital heart disease
These days most children born with congenital heart disease live well into adulthood, thanks to innovative surgical, interventional and medical treatments. That means that not only are cardiologists caring for a growing number ...
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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Even mild sleep apnea increases cardiovascular risk
People with even minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of impaired endothelial function and increased arterial stiffness, according to a study from ...
Oct 24, 2008 |
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Human embryonic stem cell secretions minimized tissue injury after heart attack
A novel way to improve survival and recovery rate after a heart attack was reported in the journal Stem Cell Research by scientists at Singapore's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) ...
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Sep 09, 2008 |
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More aortic chest aneurysms being treated with less-invasive stents
An estimated 60,000 Americans are walking around with time bombs in their chests called thoracic aortic aneurysms. At any time, their main chest artery could suddenly burst open, causing massive internal bleeding ...
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Aug 27, 2008 |
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Study finds that obstructive sleep apnea causes earlier death in stroke patients
Stroke victims who have obstructive sleep apnea die sooner than stroke victims who do not have sleep apnea or who have central sleep apnea, according to Swedish researchers, who will present their findings at the American ...
May 19, 2008 |
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Cancer drug may help patients with heart-lung disease
A drug developed to fight cancer is showing early promise as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report May 19 at the American Thoracic Society International Conference ...
May 19, 2008 |
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Oxidative stress may predict later lung trouble in young adults
Markers of oxidative stress may predict future lung trouble, according to new research to be presented at the American Thoracic Society’s 2008 International Conference in Toronto on Wednesday, May 21.
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May 19, 2008 |
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