Medicare Pay: 2004 Forecast Looks Gloomy
Physicians escaping the proverbial frying pan of a 4.4% cut in Medicare payments in 2003 have found themselves right back in the […]
Mitral Annular Calcification Linked With Severe Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
Mitral annular calcification is associated with an increased prevalence of severe obstruction coronary artery disease, according to a report in the February […]
Improved Heart Function with Myogenesis and Angiogenesis After Stromal Cell Transplantation
Objective: The study evaluated the utility of transplanting bone marrow stromal cells in a porcine myocardial infarction model. Methods: A myocardial infarction […]
Mitral Valve Repair without Cardiopulmonary Bypass or Atriotomy Using the Coapsys Device
Background: Myocor developed a unique system, the Coapsys annuloplasty system, to treat functional mitral regurgitation (MR) without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This study […]
Awake Off-pump Coronary Bypass Allows Speedy Recovery, Less Pain
Patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery while awake recover faster and report less postoperative pain than patients undergoing the same procedure […]
Current Status and Outcomes of Coronary Revascularization 1999 to 2002: 148,396 Surgical and Percutaneous Procedures
BACKGROUND: Current practice, trends, and early outcomes in patients undergoing surgical and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are changing and subject to speculation. […]
Platelet Concentrate Injection Improves Achilles Tendon Repair in Rats
BACKGROUND: Blood platelets release a cocktail of growth factors when activated, some of which are thought to initiate and stimulate repair. EXPERIMENT […]
Study Finds Blacks Have Higher Rate Of Mortality Than Whites Following Bypass Surgery
PHILADELPHIA, PA — November 16, 2000 — A new study showing that blacks have a higher mortality rate than whites as a […]
Robotic CABG Technology Improving Slowly
Total endoscopic coronary artery bypass to multiple target sites will become a reality in the next few years,” according to Dr. Randall […]
Use of Somanetics’ INVOS Cerebral Oximeter Significantly Decreased Stroke Rate and Adverse Clinical Outcomes
Somanetics Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTS, news) today announced that the results of the first randomized, prospective and blinded study using the Company’s INVOS® […]
Urgent Coronary Bypass Surgery for Failed Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Stent Era
Abstract The authors of this retrospective study reviewed their database of 5,655 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at Beth Israel […]
Thoratec Gets European Okay for IVAD Heart Pump
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cardiovascular device maker Thoratec Corp. said on Monday it has received European marketing approval for the Thoratec IVAD, an […]