admin | June 29, 2009
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Thousands of heart surgeries are performed every day in the United States. In fact, in 2005 alone, surgeons performed 575,000 coronary bypass or valve repair and replacement surgeries. And even though there is a shortage of donor organs, in 2006, almost 2,200 people had heart transplants.
Years ago, many doctors thought that heart surgery was a dream. Surgeons during World War II had learned how to operate on the heart, but they could not carry out what they had learned because it was hard to operate on a beating, moving heart. Also, the heart could not be stopped for more than a few minutes without causing brain damage.
Category: Bypass Surgery |
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admin | June 29, 2009
“I am more than ever convinced that the Company is uniquely positioned to develop its breakthrough approach for treating acute myocardial infarction and bifurcation lesions.” - Jacques Seguin, M.D., Ph.D., co-founder of Stentys and founder of CoreValve
PRINCETON, N.J. and PARIS, Jun 29, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that it has secured the second tranche of its Series B financing from Sofinnova Partners and SEP–closing an additional $4.2 million investment from new investor Credit Agricole Private Equity–bringing the total B round financing to more than $22m.
Category: Angio/Stent |
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admin | June 29, 2009
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is defined in adults as blood pressure greater to or equal to 140/90. Around 50 million Americans or one in four adults have high blood pressure.
Each time your heart beats, it pushes blood through the blood vessels. The force that moves the blood is called blood pressure. If the blood vessels are clogged, they become narrow. This makes it harder for blood to flow. The pressure increases. This is called high blood pressure. Often referred to as the “silent killer,” high blood pressure usually has no initial symptoms. This is what makes high blood pressure such a dangerous condition. A person with high blood pressure may feel fine, but if the high blood pressure is not treated, it can lead to heart or kidney disease or stroke.
Category: Cardio Rehab |
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admin | June 29, 2009
THURSDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — Patients with rheumatic aortic valve stenosis have a slower rate of disease progression if they take statins, according to a study in the May 19 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Francesco Antonini-Canterin, M.D., from Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria degli Angeli in Pordenone, Italy, and colleagues retrospectively examined the association between statin use and the progression of rheumatic aortic valve stenosis in 164 patients with the condition, where 30 had been treated with statins.
Category: Medicine, Studies |
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admin | June 26, 2009
Potentially lethal heart devices a frightening problem for patients, doctors
Millions of Americans could be walking around with tiny time bombs in their hearts.
The concern centers on devices called drug-eluting stents. Doctors implant them in the hearts of about a million Americans a year to treat coronary artery disease. They generate some $5 billion a year in sales for the two companies that make them. But they may be doing more harm than good. t month a panel of experts will try to advise the Food and Drug Administration on what to do about it. But many top doctors and scientists admit they are in uncharted waters with a frightening problem that was largely unanticipated. By one estimate the devices already kill 2,000 Americans a year — and no one knows what the long-term danger will be.
Category: Angio/Stent |
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admin | June 26, 2009
Drug-eluting stent overuse
Cardiologists have been using drug-eluting stents beyond what they were approved to do, giving rise to complications down the track.
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There’s major concern about stents: tiny metal cages which keep blocked coronary arteries open and which reduce the need for bypass surgery and repeat procedures to re-open arteries.
Category: Angio/Stent |
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admin | June 25, 2009
By Mark Gertskis
The critical role of pharmacists in managing medication compliance is in the spotlight after a new report revealed the costly effects of heart disease on the Australian population.
A study by Access Economics released yesterday highlighted a growing financial burden of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), a disease that was predicted to kill 10,000 people this year alone.
Access Economics calculated that every heart attack in 2009 would cost Australia an average of $281,000 and each chest pain event an average of $74,000, costing the country’s economy $17.9 billion.
Category: Studies |
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admin | June 24, 2009
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Let me get straight to my message. Eighty percent of heart disease is preventable with healthy lifestyle changes such as exercising, eating right, and receiving regular check-ups. Unfortunately, only three percent of the population actually adheres to these preventable measures. This is the reason why I want to highlight some of the symptoms that indicate that you, or a loved one, might be a candidate for a heart disease or heart attack.
The Signs
Category: Buffalo Heart Health |
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admin | June 24, 2009
By Dr Graham Jackson, Honorary Cardiology Consultant, Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital, London
Coronary disease is as much a threat to women as to men. Women may think of it as a man’s disease but it is an equal opportunity killer and nearly 117,000 men and women die from it in the UK each year.
This means on average 320 people die from a heart attack each day - one person every 4½ minutes.
Women may be more afraid of breast cancer but it is more than five times as likely they will die from heart disease. It is so common that one in three adults of both sexes over 65 has some form of heart complaint.
Category: Buffalo Heart Health |
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admin | June 24, 2009
By Denise Mann
MONDAY, June 15, 2009 (Health.com) — Leonard Kleinman, an 82-year-old retired grocer in Boynton Beach, Fla., always thought of psoriasis as a nuisance separate from his other health problems, but now he is learning that his skin condition, which causes raised, silvery plaques on his legs, may actually be related to some of his other health issues.
“My doctor told me I was at risk for diabetes, and he referred me to a cardiologist because of some blockages in my heart arteries,” says Kleinman. “It didn’t occur to me that this could be connected to my psoriasis. But he said that it could be the case and I needed to take it seriously.”
Category: Buffalo Heart Health |
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