SAPIEN 3 :Less-invasive heart valve implant outperforms surgery supriya kashyap kashyap4 April 2016 11:12 AM ISTChicago : A minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic heart valve is superior to open surgery for patients with an intermediate risk of...
A world first: Cardiovascular team carries out a new type of procedure on a heart valve supriya kashyap kashyap28 Sept 2016 7:00 PM ISTA team of heart surgeons and cardiologists used new catheter technology to repair a leaky tricuspid valve for the very first time. The Cardioband...
Light beam replaces blood test during heart surgery supriya kashyap kashyap1 March 2017 12:24 PM ISTA University of Central Florida professor has invented a way to use light to continuously monitor a surgical patient's blood, for the first time...
Coimbatore Doctors give man a second heart in First heteroptic heart transplant surgery Ruby khatun khatun5 Jun 2017 4:11 PM ISTCOIMBATORE: A city hospital has successfully performed a heteroptic heart transplant on a 45-year-old man, supposedly the first such procedure in...
Obese heart surgery patients require significantly more ICU resources Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Aug 2017 10:00 AM ISTAfter heart surgery, obese patients tend to require additional intensive care unit (ICU) services and longer recovery times when compared to non-obese...
Four months old Bangladeshi infant given a new lease of life at Jaypee Hospital Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Oct 2017 11:30 AM ISTA team of doctors led by pediatric cardiac specialist, Dr. Rajesh Sharma, at Jaypee Hospital, once again proved their capability by successfully...
Ultrasound imaging needle to transform heart surgery Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli4 Dec 2017 7:28 PM ISTHeart tissue can be imaged in real-time during keyhole procedures using a new optical ultrasound needle developed by researchers at UCL and Queen Mary...
Colchicine - an alternative option to prevent post-operative atrial fibrillation Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli16 Dec 2017 7:30 PM ISTAfter heart surgery around a third of people has atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm, which impedes their recovery and lengthens hospital...
New clinical practice guideline addresses use of blood thinners during heart surgery Ruby khatun khatun22 Jan 2018 7:02 PM ISTCHICAGO: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), and the American Society of ExtraCorporeal...
Closing left atrial appendage beneficial for patients undergoing heart surgery Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 May 2018 7:30 PM ISTIn patients undergoing heart surgery, concurrent surgical left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is associated with reduced risk of stroke and...
Is pyruvate helpful in improving cardiac function after surgery? Hina Zahid21 Dec 2018 7:10 PM ISTRafael Jaimes, Ph.D., staff scientist at the Children's National Heart Institute is conducting a study to find out how pyruvate can help improve...
Autologous blood transfusion in cardiac surgery linked to less complications Hina Zahid4 Feb 2019 7:15 PM ISTAccording to a a new study,Autologous blood transfusion in cardiac surgery linked to less complications.Patients whose own red blood cells are...
