Effects of Mental Stress Increase Risk of Death in Coronary Artery Disease
Mental stress can trigger a lack of blood flow to the heart and increase the risk of death in people with coronary […]
Skeletal Myoblasts Transplanted Into Cardiac Muscle for First Time in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Physicians at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have implanted autologous skeletal myoblasts into the […]
World Heart Gains FDA Approval for Novacor Changes
World Heart Corp. said on Wednesday it obtained pre-market approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for engineering changes to […]
Off Pump Valve Replacement Safe and Effective in Select Pediatric Patients
Valve replacement, using an off pump extra-cardiac Fontan procedure, is safe and effective in pediatric patients, according to data presented on Thursday […]
Oxygenator Addition Instead of Oxygenator Replacement
Introduction Occasionally, a situation occurs that requires the need to replace an oxygenator during an open-heart procedure. Membrane oxygenator failures, though fortunately […]
Nearly 20 Percent of Physicians Unhappy With Career
About one in five US physicians are dissatisfied with their career, but this figure varies by specialty and geographic location, recent study […]
Outcome of Cardiac Surgery in Low Birth Weight and Premature Infants
Objective: Low birth weight or premature infants may require early surgical treatment of congenital cardiac lesions because of their poor clinical status. […]
Regeneration of Mammalian Cardiomyocytes Demonstrate
Unlike normal mammalian cardiac tissue, the hearts of the MRL mouse strain can regenerate cardiomyocytes following infarction, with full recovery of myocardial […]
Neurologic Symptoms After Great Saphenous Vein Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Incidence evaluation of cutaneous neurologic symptoms in the lower limbs as a new event after great saphenous vein (GSV) harvesting for coronary […]
Randomized Comparison Between Stenting and Off-Pump Bypass Surgery in Patients Referred for Angioplasty
Background Stenting improves cardiac outcome in comparison with balloon angioplasty. Compared with conventional surgery, off-pump bypass surgery on the beating heart without […]
Inflammatory Response to Cardiac Bypass in Ewe Fetuses: Effects of Steroid Administration or Continuous Hemodiafiltratio
OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate the effectiveness of glucocorticoid administration or continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration on endothelin and corticotropin-releasing factor release or clearance […]
Outcomes After TMR Are Poor for Some Patients
Diabetics and patients with a preoperative body mass index of less than 25 have worse 1-year outcomes after transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR) […]