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Coronary Bypass Defined
Also known as revascularization or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), coronary bypass is a surgical procedure that restores blood flow to the heart beyond a blockage in a coronary artery. Coronary bypass reroutes the blood around the blockage, creating an alternative pathway for blood to reach the heart muscle.
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Still puzzling: Best care for the frail and elderly with coronary artery disease
Published July 18, 2008, 10:03 pm, PhysOrg
A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following their initial hospitalization.
PCI preference -- will that be an arm or a leg?
Published July 18, 2008, 10:03 pm, PhysOrg
When it comes to stenting - using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries - physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter option appears to be safer, with fewer side effects, say researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute.
PCI preference -- will that be an arm or a leg?
Published July 18, 2008, 2:21 pm, EurekAlert!
DURHAM, N.C. – When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter option appears to be safer, with fewer side effects, say researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Another master for Landmark
Published July 17, 2008, 6:52 pm, The Woonsocket Call
WOONSOCKET — A Superior Court judge next week is expected to appoint a “co-special master” who specializes in health care to work along side the court-appointed special master who was chosen last month to temporarily oversee the financial and day-to-day operations of financially distressed Landmark Medical Center.
Cardica Names Frederick Bauer Vice President of Operations
Published July 17, 2008, 5:30 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Cardica, Inc. today announced the appointment of Frederick Bauer to the position of vice president, operations.
Medical Device Pioneer Pluromed Closes $4M Series B Financing
Published July 17, 2008, 5:25 am, PRWeb
Pluromed Inc ., a private medical device company that is pioneering atraumatic temporary vascular occlusion, announced today that it closed a $4.0M Series B financing from private investors, including 7 current and former CEOs of U.S. medical device companies. The offering was oversubscribed. (PRWeb Jul 17, 2008) Read the full story at ...
Medical Device Pioneer Pluromed Closes $4M Series B Financing
Published July 17, 2008, 4:20 am, PRWeb via Yahoo! News
Pluromed Inc., a private medical device company that is pioneering atraumatic temporary vascular occlusion, announced today that it closed a $4.0M Series B financing from private investors, including 7 current and former CEOs of U.S. medical device companies. The offering was oversubscribed.
Pioneering heart doctor Michael DeBakey dead at 99
Published July 17, 2008, 1:19 am, Lebanon Daily News
HOUSTON—When Dr. Michael E. DeBakey pushed forward with his groundbreaking research and maverick approach to medicine a half century ago, heart surgery was a medical marvel.
Elgin doctor's research led a heart disease to be named after him
Published July 16, 2008, 10:47 pm, Daily Herald
Cardiologists rarely see it, but when they come across a pregnant woman who suddenly suffers severe heart failure, or "peripartum cardiomyopathy," they refer to as "Meadows Disease."
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- Coronary Bypasses May Help More Than Stents, Study Finds =|= New York Times, May 26, 2005
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