Progenitor cells predict heart disease severity
...ents undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures at Duke and correlated those findings with the severity of coronary artery disease. Specifically, they determined how many of the coronary arteries showed signs of atherosclerosis. The average age of the patient sample was 58, with 37 percent of them...Clip device accomplishes endovascular, non-surgical repair of faulty heart valve
... a cardiac catheterization laboratory, the initial procedures have taken 2-4 hours. Under general anesthesia, a catheter (a thin, flexible plastic tube) introduced through the skin in the thigh area, is guided from the femoral veinto the affected area of the heart. The clip is precisely steered into place and ...Heart attack deaths increase during winter holidays
... patients were less likely to receive drugs and/or procedures that have been proven effective in large clinical trials to save the lives of heart patients. While there are likely many factors involved in these trends during the holidays, the researchers believe that the U.S. health-care system is not truly orga...Reprogrammable cells from fat are true adult stem cells
...archers exposed cells taken from human liposuction procedures to different cocktails of nutrients and vitamins, and "reprogrammed" them to grown into bone, cartilage, fat and nerve cells. At the time, they termed these cells adipose-derived stromal cells. However, as a result of the latest set of experiments, ...St. Jude Medical announces PAVE and DINAMIT clinical trial results
...ting. There were about 37,000 ablate and pace procedures for AF in the United States in 2003. Health Resea...nnual growth rate of 18%, with an estimated 63,000 procedures annually by 2006. DINAMIT was a prospective randomized trial to assess ICD therapy for preventio...Cedars-Sinai March medical tipsheet
...and transplant surgeon would perform each of their procedures six years apart? An Orange County (CA) couple, believed to be one of the only such couples in the nation, have both successfully undergone heart transplants at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. PATIENT SIMULATOR "SIMMAN" IS STATE-OF-THE-ART STAR IN TRAI...UMHS study finds surgery safer at teaching hospitals
...ven a medical student involved in complex surgical procedures may cause some patients to feel uneasy. But a new ...United States. Death rates overall for all three procedures were under 10 percent. But patients undergoing pancreatic resections at non-teaching hospitals were ...Race may be a factor in treatment of rectal cancer patients
...erwent operations, the rates of sphincter-ablating procedures (resulting in the need for a permanent colostomy bag) were 37 percent for whites and 43 percent for blacks. Additionally, 53 percent of whites and 56 percent of blacks received no radiation therapy for stage II or III cancer. "Blacks with rectal c...Death rates for certain complex surgeries lower at teaching hospitals
...h rates for some complex gastrointestinal surgical procedures are lower at teaching hospitals than at non-teachi...ng status. The researchers found that none of the procedures had higher death rates at teaching hospitals. Death rates for teaching hospitals vs. non-teaching h...Rectal cancer treatment gaps, especially for African Americans, seen in new study
...more likely than whites to have sphincter-ablating procedures called abdominoperineal resection. Previous studies have shown poorer self-image and quality of life for patients whose surgery leaves them in need of a permanent colostomy, which can inhibit their social and sexual activity. Another racial gap was...Lucky number? Seven factors may increase clot buster use for stroke
...AN DIEGO, Feb. 6 Seven factors, including written procedures for treating stroke and a responsive emergency roo...ter the use of the drug," he said. Having written procedures for treating stroke was the strongest predictor. Three other factors significantly influenced use o...Stroke news tips for Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004
...icroscopic particles created during carotid artery procedures are merely gas bubbles or dangerous tiny clots that can reach the brain, causing small but damaging strokes. Houston researchers tested the ability of TCD, which uses both high and low frequency sound waves, to differentiate between solid and gaseou...UK study quantifies cancer risk from diagnostic X-rays
... In everyday practice, those ordering radiological procedures should think carefully about the benefit for and the risk to their patients for each examination."...Carnegie Mellon statistics student honored for technique to aid in brain imaging
...n images could lead to more efficient experimental procedures and pave the way for more challenging experiments," said Myers, who earned her bachelor's degree in statistics from Carnegie Mellon. She is from Billings, Montana....Pharmacists play role in cholesterol control
...'ll see that if we can prevent just a few of those procedures we'll be saving money," he said. "Pharmacists are well-trained and under used, and with the well-documented shortage of physicians in the country, turning to pharmacists is one way to help alleviate this problem." ...Robotic surgery for young heart patients shortens hospital stay and speeds recovery, study indicates
...for a small minority of the more than 900 surgical procedures they perform each year on U-M Congenital Heart Cen...nditions, even as they plan to expand the range of procedures they perform with it. Someday, they hope that real-time, three-dimensional images of the inside of ...Breast augmentation may interfere with mammography interpretation
...cosmetic reasons in the United States with 268,888 procedures performed in 2002, according to background information provided by the authors. Diana L. Miglioretti, Ph.D., from the Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, and colleagues, evaluated data from seven U.S. mammography registries that participate in the Bre...For leg-bypass patients, drugs can save lives and limbs, but many patients go without them
...ists both increase their use of minimally invasive procedures for clogged vessels in the legs and other areas of the body. And, he notes, it's important for people to tell their regular doctors if they feel leg pain when they walk or while they're at rest. The symptoms of PAD often go unreported, and only if...Reach of sigmoidoscopies inadequate in many older women
...uticals LP, to evaluate the outcomes of endoscopic procedures that are performed in clinical settings. Walter examined all 15,406 records of sigmoidoscopies for colorectal cancer screening on non-symptomatic people age 50 and older that were performed between April 1, 1997 and October 1, 2001. Other resear...American College of Chest Physicians to offer developing nations free access to medical journal
...ledge to make informed decisions about health-care procedures and practices and overall patient care." The participation of the ACCP in HINARI will allow qualifying countries and institutions online access to CHEST , the world's leading cardiopulmonary and critical care journal. CHEST offers the latest cli...