Edwards Lifesciences Reports Strong Gains in First Quarter Net Income
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW) today reported 56 percent net income growth and 50 percent earnings per share growth for the first […]
Fresenius Medical Aquires the Extracorporeal Alliance
Everest Healthcare Services Corp., the parent company of The Extracorporeal Alliance, announced on Nov. 2, 2000 that it has signed a definitive […]
United Staes Health Spending Shows Record Rise
The country’s spending on healthcare reached an all-time record and grew at the fastest rate in a decade in 2001, in a […]
Changes in Hemostasis During Pediatric Heart Surgery: Impact of a Biocompatible Heparin-Coated Perfusion System
BACKGROUND: This study describes the response in hemostasis during open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children (
Initial Experience With Miniature Axial Flow Ventricular Assist Devices for Postcardiotomy Heart Failure
BACKGROUND: The recently introduced Impella Recover (Impella CardioSystems AG, Aachen, Germany) microaxial flow left and right ventricular assist devices (LVAD/RVAD) were evaluated […]
Joint Commission Seeks Solutions to National Concerns about Staffing at Health Care Facilities
(Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. – September 28, 2000) The nation’s leading evaluator of health care quality, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare […]
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 […]
LVAD Beneficial Even For Patients With Most Severe Heart Failure
Implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) can dramatically improve the survival of patients with advanced heart failure, especially those being […]
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death in Women Differ From That for Men
The number of women in their 30s and 40s who experience sudden cardiac death is increasing much faster than the number of […]
Transplanted Skeletal Muscle Cells Restore Heart Function
Skeletal muscle cell transplantation into the myocardium of heart failure patients appears to be safe and to show signs of efficacy, French […]
Two Doctors Lose Duties at Hospital Alfred I. duPont Officials Cite State and Federal Probes
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children has removed two physicians with its cardiac center from their duties, citing afederal and state investigation […]
Fewer Neurological Events Seen in Off-Pump CABG Procedure
Significantly fewer neurological adverse events occur when surgeons perform coronary artery bypass graft surgery if patients are not placed on the cardiopulmonary […]