Analysis: Condition could predict life or death in heart patients
...igher risk for dying after heart surgery and other interventional procedures, such as heart catheterizations, accord...als involving nearly 20,000 patients who underwent interventional heart procedures, such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement. Patients with peripheral arterial ...AIUM to host Annual Convention
...n obstetrics and gynecology, emergency ultrasound, interventional ultrasound, musculoskeletal ultrasound, neurosonology, and vascular ultrasound. In addition to the course offerings, the 2007 convention will feature scientific poster exhibits, commercial exhibits, and Case-of-the-Day ultrasound challenges, as wel...Specific strategic plans ensure timely emergency care for heart attack patients
...or-to-balloon times," Bradley said. "Having a good interventional cardiologist is not enough. How the hospital proce...ration between emergency department physicians and interventional cardiologists. "The project is designed for all hospitals--to help the best get even better and th...Studies led by Rhode Island Hospital confirm safety and efficacy
...de Island Hospital's cardiovascular laboratory and interventional cardiology, is the national principle investigator of the DEScover study, a registry of 7,752 patients in 140 hospitals across the country who received a coronary intervention treatment (stent or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI)) in 2005. Th...SCAI president testifies before FDA on safety of drug-eluting stents
...context," said Dr. Dehmer, who has practiced as an interventional cardiologist for more than 25 years and is a profe...t should be used only when, in the judgment of the interventional cardiologist, the benefits of preventing restenosis in a particular lesion outweigh the risks of lat...New 'GreeneChip' identifies multiple pathogens rapidly and accurately
...particularly in the early stages of infection when interventional strategies are optimal. An international group of researchers has recently developed a new technology for pinpointing pathogens. Called the GreeneChip, this device consists of a glass slide onto which are attached nearly 30,000 pieces of genetic mat...SCAI issues recommendations to prevent kidney damage after imaging procedures
... Contrast dye is essential for many diagnostic and interventional cardiovascular procedures because it enables docto... to occur in 13 percent of individuals who undergo interventional cardiovascular procedures in which contrast dyes are used. Patients at greatest risk are the elderly...Olive oil emulsion helps with problem heart arteries
...aced in a coronary artery to keep it open after an interventional procedure--have worked in the majority of patients. Coated or drug-eluting stents, which prevented restenosis (the re-closing of the artery a short time after stent insertion) were the next advance in this field. "There are still a small number of ...Nutrition studies' conclusions tied to funding source
...mans or human tissue, had to be classifiable as an interventional or observational study or a scientific review, and had to explicitly state the beverages' effects on health measures. Of the 206 eligible articles, 111 declared financial sponsorship. To guard against bias, the studies were analyzed independently...SCAI issues clinical alert on drug-eluting stents and late thrombosis
...embership includes the vast majority of practicing interventional cardiologists, we felt it was critical to give som... This clinical alert has been designed to provide interventional cardiologists with practical advice on how to evaluate and minimize the risk of late stent thrombosi...NIH awards $1 million to Temple University Hospital for neurological treatment studies
...emergency physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, rehabilitation therapists, and pediatricians. "Together, we will be a clinical network to recruit, evaluate, and treat patients with neurological emergencies," said Dr. Nina Gentile, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medic...SCAI expert panel sets high standards for PCI without on-site cardiac surgical backup
...d Interventions (SCAI), a leading organization for interventional cardiologists, today released a document recommend... represents the consensus of a panel of experts in interventional cardiology, acknowledges that an increasing number of patients suffering from heart attack or corona...Cardiology Society recommends high standards for PCI performed without on-site surgical backup
...ns (SCAI), the leading U.S.-based organization for interventional cardiologists, will issue an expert consensus docu...al society whose membership totals more than 3,700 interventional cardiologists. SCAIs mission is to promote excellence in invasive and interventional cardiovascular ...Do specialty heart hospitals drive up heart care use? Study suggests the answer is yes
...diovascular medicine at the U-M Medical School and interventional cardiologist at the U-M Cardiovascular Center. He is also a member of the Health Services Research & Development Center at the Ann Arbor VA. The authors emphasize that the specialty heart hospitals in the study are different from heart centers tha...UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair
...r use in this investigational therapy. UW Health interventional cardiologists then "map" the heart with a catheter-based, non-surgical system to identify regions of the heart as targets for cell delivery. The researchers then use a special investigational catheter system to deliver either CD34+ cells or placebo ...World first in medical robotics
...d vessels, is a promising avenue that could enable interventional medicine to target sites that so far have remained inaccessible using modern medical instruments such as catheters," Professor Martel explained. "In collaboration with our scientific partners, Polytechnique researchers have begun developing several t...Jefferson scientists find that drug-eluting stents are disappointing in bypass grafts -- sometimes
..."This research provides a bit of sobering news for interventional cardiologists and their patients," adds Dr. Savage, who is also associate professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. "The long-term outcome in diffusely diseased bypass grafts remains poor despite the use of drug...Studies highlight 'real world' use, safety of drug-eluting stents
...ions," said Dr. George Dangas, program director of interventional cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center, New York City. "The only way to test drug-eluting stents as physicians really use them is to include an unselected population, just as you would find in the community." So far, the MATRIX Registry ha...Studies highlight advances in diagnosis, medical therapy
...entions. One study explores the best medical and interventional treatment for patients with acute coronary syndromes, the second demonstrates the long-lasting promise of non-surgical approaches to the repair of heart valves, and the third highlights a new drug-exercise combination that, when used in nuclear scann......toperative pain medicine program, called the acute interventional postoperative pain service, between July 1, 2004, ...s director of orthopaedic anesthesia and the acute interventional postoperative pain service at UPMC Shadyside Hospital, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical ...