Hospital Offers Patients New Approach To Aortic Valve Replacement
Medical News Today Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:14 AM PDT
A team of heart specialists at the University of Virginia Health System last week performed a leading-edge procedure in which an 74-year-old man, whose risk factors made him ineligible for traditional surgery, received a new aortic valve. Two days later, he was well enough to go home. |
Artificial Pump Effectively Backs Up Failing Hearts
Medical News Today Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:13 AM PDT
Patients with severe heart failure can be bridged to eventual transplant by a new, smaller and lighter implantable heart pump, according to a just-completed study of the device. Results of this third-generation heart assist device were reported at the 58th annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology on March 30. |
Grand Rapids nurse gets experimental heart device
Detroit News Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:06 AM PDT
Grand Rapids -- A Grand Rapids nurse is one of the first people in the United States to be implanted with a small, experimental medical device designed to provide an early warning of a heart attack. |
Bangkok Post : Heart cells 'replenished' throughout life
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:02 AM PDT
Scientists have confirmed that heart cells are replenished throughout life, paving the way for better treatments to repair damage caused by cardiac arrest or illness, a Swedish study published Friday showed. |
FDA weighs heart risks of Seroquel for depression
San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:58 AM PDT
Federal health officials say a schizophrenia drug from AstraZeneca also works against depression, though it carries risks of sudden heart death, according to analyst reports. Seroquel XR is already used by millions of patients to treat schizophrenia and... |
America's Next Top Model
CW Arkansas Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:41 AM PDT
Clay Aiken is on America's Next Top Model to help the girls with their next assignment. Heart disease is the nation's leading cause of death. What can you do to reduce the risk of heart disease? |
DIY tool spurs life-saving device
Channel 4 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:35 AM PDT
A life-saving device inspired by DIY is being pioneered in the UK to fix leaky heart valves. The MitraClip resembles a cavity wall Rawlplug. Once inserted into the heart it extends two "wings" which fold back to seal the valve. |
Convent offers home to flood evacuees
Valley City Times Record Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:27 AM PDT
Some of the flood evacuees from Fargo, who found refuge at Maryvale Convent near Valley City said things went from chaos to a mini-vacation. The evacuees from Fargo are (seated, from left) Sister Del Rey from Sacred Heart Convent, who is the sister of Margaret Hoggarth (at left in middle). |
Pelham mayor raising heart health awareness
The Shelby County Reporter Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:23 AM PDT
Pelham Mayor Don Murphy recently devoted seven minutes to Shelby Baptist Medical Center’s free online heart risk assessment called HeartAware, and now he’s urging others to spare seven minutes of their time. |
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