The Use of Autologous Platelet Gel to Treat Difficult-to-Heal Wounds: A Pilot Study
Background:Chronic ulcers can benefit from topical treatment with growth factors (GFs). PLT gel provides tissue regeneration-inducing GFs. The aim of this study […]
COPD Patients May Ultimately Benefit from CABG
Results of a longitudinal study suggest that certain patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may eventually benefit from coronary artery bypass […]
Right Ventricular Dysfunction Predicts Heart Failure And Mortality After Myocardial Infarction
Right ventricular function is an independent predictor of mortality and heart failure in patients with left ventricular dysfunction following myocardial infarction. Previous […]
Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Inhibit New and Recurrent Lesions
Sirolimus eluting stents prevent neointimal proliferation in de novo and in in-stent restenosis lesions without inducing positive vascular remodeling, according to a […]
Genes Released From Coated Stents Could Reduce Coronary Artery Restenosis Rates
WESTPORT, CT (Reuters Health) – Localized delivery of genes from coronary artery stents could reduce the risk of restenosis, according to a […]
Evaluation of a Novel Synthetic Sealant for Inhibition of Cardiac Adhesions
Background: Pericardial adhesions subject patients requiring reoperation to potential injuries to the heart, great vessels, and cardiac grafts during the re-sternotomy. These […]
TMR as an Adjunct to Coronary Bypass Surgery Meets Criteria Of Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Eclipse Surgical Technologies (Nasdaq: ESTI), a leading medical device company specializing in cardiac angiogenesis, announced today that its laser heart surgical procedure […]
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 […]
Strategic Leukocyte Depletion Reduces Pulmonary Microvascular Pressure and Improves Pulmonary Status
Abstract:Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) precipitates inflammation that causes marked pulmonary dysfunction. Leukocyte filtration has been proposed to reduce these deleterious effects. Other studies […]
The Effect of Zero-Balanced Ultrafiltration During Cardiopulmonary Bypass on S100b Release and Cognitive Function
Zero-balanced ultrafiltration (ZBUF) might reduce the systemic inflammatory response (SIRS) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) by removing inflammatory mediators.
Correlation Between Inflammatory Response and Markers of Neuronal Damage in Coronary Revascularization With and Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery may reduce the inflammatory response and the neuronal damage associated with conventional CABG on cardiopulmonary bypass.