Emergency angioplasty or bypass surgery saves lives of heart attack patients with cardiogenic shock
...on," a treatment in which a heart-assist device is inserted intothe aorta to help pump the blood. The mean age of the patients was 66 years and32 percent were women. Of the patients undergoing early revascularization, 64percent had initial angioplasty and 36 percent had surgery as their firstprocedure. ...Robotic technology to help Ohio State University heart surgeons
...lated robot arms to be inserted through one-inch slits inthe chest. The arms then manipulate various surgical instruments inside of the closed chest, reducingthe trauma to the patient. ...Wake Forest researchers develop new technique to diagnose narrowed heart arteries
...ow, bleeding from the vessel where the catheter is inserted and,in rare cases, a heart attack. In a study of 30 patients who had both MRI scanning and cardiaccatheterization, the MRI was just as effective as cardiac catheterization at diagnosing significantblockages in two main arteries supplying the ...New outpatient surgery is helping women with stress incontinence
...ncy or frequency later on," Klutke says.Klutke has inserted TVT slings into 60 women to date. Before the procedure, 12percent of them had grade I symptoms (leakage with heavy exertion), 41 percenthad grade II symptoms (leakage with moderate exertion), and 47 percent had gradeIII symptoms (leakage at rest). Kl...Jefferson Researchers Report Progress In Using Vaccinia-Based Vaccine For Melanoma
...nd his colleagues at JeffersonMedical College have inserted a gene for an immune-system enhancing protein intothe tumor cells of advanced melanoma patients, using the time-tested vacciniavirus as their vaccine vehicle. The gene encodes granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor, orGM-CSF, a sub...Knife-Less Brain 'Surgery' Offers New Treatment Options
...ons in the artery to crush the blockage. Then, he inserted a metal, scaffold-like device called a stent to help keep the artery open. Morris, a specialist in an emerging field of medicine known as interventional neuroradiology, is among a handful of physicians in the country using stents in the brain. F...New Vaccine Provides Protection From HIV In Monkeys
...with"booster" immunizations with the same SHIV DNA inserted into a pox virus. Thepox virus deftly invades the ...of DNA which will express the desired proteins are inserted into apox virus. The pox virus itself is quite powerful and can elicit a strongimmune response, add...Anabolic Steroids May Help Dialysis Patients Fight Fatigue And Gain Lean Body Mass
...patient's blood is removed from the bodyvia a tube inserted in a vein, filtered by a dialysis machine, and thenreplaced. Typically, this process must be repeated three times a week and takesthree to four hours. In some cases, dialysis is considered a "bridge" while thepatient is awaiting a kidney transplant...MIT Microchip Releases Chemicals On Demand
...every 90 minutesfor weeks at a time via a catheter inserted through the skin. Those hormonescould potentially be incorporated into a chip that is implanted under the skinand programmed to release the contents of specific reservoirs at specific times. "The applications, I think, are unlimited," Professor Lange...Cancer Added To Hangover Headaches
...haveshown that those damaged parts are efficiently inserted into DNA. The findings appear in the Jan. 19 print edition of the journal Biochemistry,published by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientificsociety. The paper first appeared in the journal's web edition on Dec. 29. Small amounts...Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
...g the catheter inplace to act as a tunnel. He then inserted a specially designed biopsy toolalong the catheter. Because the tool was flexible, it followed the preplannedpath. A few minutes later, Dacey had snipped out a tissue sample for thepathology lab. After taking additional samples from other parts of th...Discarded Treatment For Heart Attacks May Yet Prove To Be A Life-Saver
... clot-dissolving drug or a balloon-tipped catheter inserted into the vessels toopen clogged blood vessels. People who received GIK infusions had a death rateof 6.7 percent versus an 11.5 percent death rate among those who did not get thecombination. However, among the 252 people who received therapy to open ......plants so far grown only in greenhouses. The genes inserted into the tobacco DNA orders the production of human enzymes, which can be extracted, purified and used to develop pharmaceuticals. The gene that produces the protein cannot be "turned on" until scientists give it a specific signal or inducer. Thus,......imilar toCVS because it is performed with a needle inserted through the abdomen. "Some women do not undertake CVS or amniocentesis -- even if they are atincreased reproductive risk for a conception with a genetic disorder -- becauseof their unwillingess to risk loss of the pregnancy as a direct cons...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...c., Zalutskydeveloped a metal target that could be inserted directly into the Duke medicalcenter cyclotron. When bombarded by the cyclotron beam, the bismuth-coated plateefficiently generated large amounts of the astatine isotope, which could berapidly isolated. "We get a yield about 10 times higher t...First Trimester Screening For Down Syndrome Possible, NICHD-Funded Study Finds
...lus sampling (CVS). In this procedure, aneedle is inserted into the uterus, either through the abdomen or the cervix,and a sample is extracted from the chorionic villi, the tissue which will laterbecome the placenta. Dr. Haddow explained that this sampling technique,however, carries a one to two percent ris...Penn Researchers Create Drug To Help Target Attack On Cancerous Tumors
... is also employed where a thin needle electrode is inserted into the tumor to measure the oxygen content. The needle electrode measures the amount of oxygen along the track of the needle. "Using the needle electrode is currently considered the standard method for measuring the tumor's oxygen content. However,...Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...s year, it is estimatedthat 170,000 stents will be inserted in American hearts, compared to almostnone five years ago. Peterson performed a detailed examination of the costs associated withdoing an angioplasty alone, or an angioplasty that delivers a stent. Analyzingthe results in about 400 patients, he ...A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
...ell in computer simulations. Headds that since the inserted layers are made of the same semiconducting materials used in the other layers of the laser-- with a small amount of aluminum added to give them slightly different properties -- the new laser shouldn't besignificantly costlier or more difficult to pro...Hopkins Researchers Develop Under-The-Skin Implant For Pain Treatment
...inuous-release birth control implant. It will be inserted under the skin through a tiny incision made under mild, local anesthetic. The polymer contains a highly concentrated powder form of the commonly used narcotic drug hydromorphone. The drug is released in a steady amount into the bloodstream over one...