High Blood Pressure May Be Cause Of Endothelial Dysfunction
Transient increases in intravascular pressure significantly depress endothelium-dependent vasodilation in human resistance arteries, a study has found. This suggests elevated blood pressure […]
Physicians Embrace Internet and Seek Uniform Standards to Speed Adoption
An overwhelming majority of physicians believes that the Internet will make the practice of medicine easier and improve the quality of care […]
German Jostra AG Acquires Danish Specialist for Paediatric Heart Surgery
Hirrlingen/Copenhagen 11th September 2001 – Jostra AG, the leading German manufacturer of medical devices for heart surgery, based in the Baden-Württemberg region […]
LifeStream International Completes Acquisitions of Surgimedics and Certain Assets of Minntech Corporation
LifeStream International, Inc., a leading global cardiopulmonary products company, today announced it has completed the acquisitions of Surgimedics, Inc. in The Woodlands, […]
AMA Renews Call for Liability Reform
Representatives of the American Medical Association (AMA) renewed their call on Monday for a national cap on malpractice awards, saying that a […]
Improved Methods for Measurement of Gaseous Microbubbles During Extracorporeal Circulation
Abstract: The detection and quantification of gaseous microbubbles in the arterial line of the extracorporeal circuit (ECC) are very important aims for […]
Hospital Revascularization Rate Not an Important Factor in Outcome After AMI
Long-term outcome after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is influenced by whether a patient is cared for a teaching hospital, but not by […]
Cognitive Outcome After Off-Pump and On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Context: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is associated with a decline in cognitive function, which has largely been attributed to the […]
Off-pump CABG More Cost Effective than Conventional Bypass Surgery
Avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) does not improve the clinical outcomes of low-risk patients, but it is more […]
High-risk Patients With Coronary Artery Disease May do Better With CABG Than PCI
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with better survival than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease […]
Platelet Gel Service Support Pack Released
PPAI Medical Inc. has recenetly released a PRP Support Pack for anyone interested in providing PRP services. This support pack is in […]
High-grade Stenosis of Proximal LAD Responds Better to CABG Than Stenting
In patients with high-grade stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are […]