Thrombospondin Gene Variants Associated With familial Premature CAD
Multiple novel variants in the thrombospondin gene family appear to be associated with familial premature coronary artery disease, investigators report in a […]
Vacuum-Assisted Venous Return Reduces Blood Usage
Objective: To determine whether vacuum-assisted venous return has clinical advantages over conventional gravity drainage apart from allowing the use of smaller cannulas […]
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 […]
ABIOMED Announces First European Site for AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart Clinical Trial
ABIOMED, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABMD) today announced that the North Rhine-Westphalia Heart Center, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany will serve as a European clinical trial site […]
ACT May Be Useful In Point-Of-Care Monitoring Of Enoxaprin Anticoagulation Effect In Patients Undergoing PTCA
Intravenous enoxaparin has been found to increase activated clotting time (ACT) at 5 minutes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), indicating […]
Long-term Behavorial Impairment Reported After Neonatal Arterial Switch Surgery
Parents of children who had undergone a neonatal arterial switch operation with circulatory arrest and low flow bypass report that these children […]
The Edge-To-Edge Technique For Barlow’s Disease
The Edge-To-Edge Technique For Barlow’s Disease The edge-to-edge technique is a method to treat mitral valve regurgitation by suturing the edges of […]
Proactive Patient Management After Cardiac Bypass Surgery Improves Survival Rates
Proactive management of children who undergo cardiac surgery and receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support may significantly increase survival rates, according to […]
Effect of CO2 Insufflation on the Number and Behavior of Air Microemboli in Open-Heart Surgery. A Randomized Clinical Tr
BACKGROUND: The risks that the presence of air microemboli implies in open-heart surgery have recently been emphasized by reports that their number […]
Cardiovascular Prognosis For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Identified
A recent report from Finland indicates that the cluster of eight cardiovascular risk factors among people with Diabetes type 2 have considerable […]
A New Poly-2-methoxyethylacrylate-coated Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit Possesses Suerior Patelet Peservation
BACKGROUND: Poly-2-methoxyethylacrylate (PMEA) is a new coating material, and several studies have revealed that PMEA-coated cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuits have good biocompatibility. […]
Cardiac Surgery with Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest Produces Less Systemic Inflammatory Response
Objective: We sought to compare low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in respect to the influence on the systemic inflammatory […]