Restenosis Rate With Drug-eluting Stents Less Than 10 Percent
The longest term data yet available on the sirolimus-eluting stent (Cypher, Johnson and Johnson) shows that it has an event-free survival rate […]
Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Systematic Review of Published Case Reports
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1 December 1998. 129:886-890. James N. George, MD; Gary E. Raskob, MSc; Shehla Rizvi Shah, MD; Mujahid A. […]
Incidence of UTI High in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) – Patients with unstable coronary syndromes are three times more likely to have urinary tract infections (UTIs) than […]
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 […]
Kentucky Surgeons Implant Second AbioCor Artificial Heart
Kentucky surgeons who implanted the world’s first self-contained artificial heart in a 59-year-old man more than 2 months ago announced on Thursday […]
STS: Long-Term Follow-Up Shows More Reintervention Needed With Mechanical Connectors
Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery who receive mechanical connectors require more target vessel reintervention at 2 years than sutured […]
Acute Aortic Dissection More Deadly in Women Than in Men
Women with aortic dissection are more likely than men to die of the condition, possibly as a result of later recognition of […]
Aspirin Protection Reaffirmed For High Risk Myocardial Infarction Or Stroke
Aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs protect patients who are at high risk of serious vascular events and should be considered routinely for […]
Three Blood-Conservation Methods Benefit Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Recent research suggests postoperative bleeding and the need for postoperative transfusions can be significantly reduced following coronary artery by-pass through the use […]
Benefit of CABG Plus TMR for Refractory Angina Maintained at 1 Year
For patients with refractory angina pectoris, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) plus transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) by laser offers durable improvements, study results […]
Stress Doses of Hydrocortisone Reduce Severe Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Improve Early Outcome in a Risk
Objective: Severe systemic inflammation with a vasodilatory syndrome occurs in about one third of all patients after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. […]
Single Center Reports Major Fall in Cerebral Hyperthermia After Cardiac Surgery
Cerebral temperatures exceeding 38 degrees Celsius during the rewarming phase of hypothermic cardiac surgery have been linked to adverse cognitive effects. Now, […]