German Jostra AG Acquires Danish Specialist for Paediatric Heart Surgery
Hirrlingen/Copenhagen 11th September 2001 – Jostra AG, the leading German manufacturer of medical devices for heart surgery, based in the Baden-Württemberg region […]
Jostra North America Announces Reorganization Plans
The Woodlands, Texas. September 3, 2002 Jostra North America recently announced ongoing efforts to reorganize their North American operation. Some of the […]
Marked Rise in Transmyocardial Revascularization Seen in U.S.
The number of sites performing transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) in the US as well as the annual procedural volume increased dramatically between 1998 […]
Laser Technique Improves Quality Of Life In Severe Angina
An invasive surgical technique using lasers can improve the quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease in whom bypass surgery […]
Ratio of Total to LDL Cholesterol Is Best Predictor Of Coronary Heart Disease
Current guidelines for lipid management may misclassify subjects with both high and low levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low […]
Clinical and Echocardiographic Characteristics of Patients With Left Atrial Thrombus and Sinus Rhythm
Background: Left atrial (LA) thrombus is infrequently detected in the presence of sinus rhythm (SR) and, in these cases, is usually associated […]
Left Ventricular Changes Seen in Isolated Office Hypertension
Isolated office (IO) hypertension is not a benign condition because patients display qualitative left ventricular morphofunctional changes usually seen in patients with […]
Left Ventricle Size Confirmed as Predictor of Cardiovascular Morbidity
A “strong, continuous and independent” association between left ventricular (LV) mass and cardiovascular morbidity in patients with essential hypertension has emerged in […]
Implantation of the Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Device Without the Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Abstract In this report, we describe successful implantation of a Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device (Jarvik Heart, Inc, New York, NY) […]
Left Ventricular Structural Abnormalities Signal Cardiac Change In Hypertension
The earliest signs of cardiac involvement in hypertension are left ventricular structural abnormalities. Left ventricular diastolic function is only marginally affected, even […]
Partial Left Ventriculectomy and Limited Heart Transplantation Availability
Background: Partial left ventriculectomy, a novel cardiac volume reduction operation, is applied in countries without a developed heart transplantation program. We sought […]