The Future of the Perfusion Profession
We recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first successful use of cardiopulmonary bypass. It appears to many practicing clinical perfusionists that […]
Gender and Age Influence In-hospital Mortality After CABG
Young women are at a significantly higher risk of in-hospital death after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery than men, Emory University […]
Racial, Gender Disparity Exists in Access to High-quality Cardiac Surgery
WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Not only are non-white patients and women less likely to undergo coronary artery bypass surgery than white […]
Baylor Researchers Show Way To Diabetes Cure With Gene Therapy
HOUSTON (April 21, 2003) – A gene therapy developed by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has apparently cured diabetes in mice […]
DeCODE and Roche Plan Gene Test for Heart Attack Risk
LONDON (Reuters) – Iceland’s deCODE genetics Inc and Swiss group Roche Holding AG said on Friday they planned to develop a DNA-based […]
Gene Predisposes Infants to Neurologic Injury After Heart Surgery
Children with heart conditions who require surgery as infants may be more vulnerable to neurologic problems if they have a particular variety […]
Bayer Plastics Makrolon® Polycarbonate Resin Selected For Breakthrough Cardioplegia Device
PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2003 — The new Vision® Blood Cardioplegia (VBC) System from Gish Biomedical, Inc., is an example of good things […]
Gish Announces a 40% Expansion of its GBS Coating Clean Room Facility to Accommodate Increased Coated Products Demand
CardioTech International, Inc. (Amex: CTE – News) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gish Biomedical, Inc. (“Gish”) located in Rancho Santa Margarita, […]
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Mitral Valve Replacement in a Patient with a Rare Platelet Disorder known as Glanzma
Introduction Glanznmann’s Thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare inherited platelet disorder with an autosomal-recessive inheritance pattern affecting the gluycoprotien IIb-IIIa complex. It is […]
The Effect of Glutamate Infusion on Cardiac Performance is Independent of Changes in Metabolism
In a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study, the effects of intravenous glutamate infusion on myocardial haemodynamics and metabolism were studied in 22 patients […]
STS: Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Graft Outperforms Single Graft for Survival Benefit
Bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) grafts improve survival over single internal thoracic artery (SITA) grafts starting at about 10 years after surgery, […]
CardioTech’s Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Implanted in Female Diabetic — Patient Alive and Graft Functioning Well
CardioTech International, Inc. (AMEX: CTE – News): CardioTech International announced today that a female diabetic 68 years of age is alive and […]