Deciphering Viagra’s Heart Benefit
FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthScoutNews) — The impotence drug Viagra appears to help protect the heart by stimulating the release of nitric oxide […]
Perfusion Community Sustains Great Loss in the Death of Viktor Magnusson
The perfusion community has sustained a great loss. Viktor Magnusson, Chief Perfusionist in Reykjavik, Iceland, died Wednesday August, 30th . Viktor’s background […]
Vitamin C Helps Stem Cells Become Heart Cells
By Jacqueline Stenson NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a finding that could aid the development of new heart failure treatments, scientists […]
Weaning of Rotary Blood Pump Recipients After Myocardial Recovery: A Computer Study of Changes in Cardiac Energetics
BACKGROUND: Weaning of patients from mechanical cardiac support after myocardial recovery has always involved multiple, interacting factors, particularly the training of the […]
Women Fare Worse Than Men During Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Women who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery fare worse than men and are likely to be sicker when they have the […]
Wound Closure Technique Affects Postoperative Infection Rate
Percutaneous suturing results in fewer superficial wound infections than does intracutaneous suturing after open-heart surgery, according to results of a randomized study […]
Wound Healing Types and Stages: An Online Review
Wound Healing Types: Primary Healing – Occurring when a wound is closed within a few hours of its creation. Wound edges are […]
X Technologies Wins U.S. Nod for Heart Device, Clearing the Way for Acquisition by Guidant
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Privately held X Technologies Inc. has won U.S. marketing clearance for a new device, fulfilling the conditions […]
Advocacy Group Sues FDA, Claims Agency is Withholding Risks of Xenotransplantation
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) – The Campaign for Responsible Transplantation (CRT) on Monday has asked a federal district court to compel the US […]
Cloned Knockout Mini-pigs Hold Potential for Organ Xenotransplantation
By deleting the immunogenic alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase (GGTA1) gene in cloned miniature swine, researchers in the US and Korea appear to have moved closer […]