Category Archives: Cardiac Surgery

When Devi Shetty was just 14 years old, something remarkable happened in the world of medicine. Christiaan Barnard, a South African cardiac surgeon, performed the worlds first human-to-human heart transplant operation, and the patient lived for 18 days Continue reading →

Cardiac ablation is a procedure that can help correct arrhythmia, which is a problem with the rhythm of a persons heartbeat. Continue reading →

Bill to Expand Access to Certain Cardiac Procedures Passes the Senate TRENTON A bill that would seek to expand the number of facilities in New Jersey that are authorized to perform certain cardiac interventions, including diagnostic cardiac catheterization, primary angioplasty, and elective angioplasty services, passed the full Senate today. The bill would allow certain facilities outside cardiac surgery centers to perform these procedures, in an effort to provide greater access to high-quality cardiovascular care for patients throughout New Jersey. Continue reading →

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Elysium Health, Inc.,TM a life sciences company developing clinically validated health products based on aging research, today announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trialat Mayo Clinic to evaluate the efficacy of BASISTM for the prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients that have undergone a cardiac surgery. The company previously announced the acceptance of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate the efficacy of Basisfor the prevention of AKI Continue reading →

pensioner who had a life-saving mini defibrillator which can shock his heart into a normal beating rhythm - in what is believed to be the first procedure of its kind in a public hospital in Munster - has urged people not to avoid hospital appointments or planned surgeries over fears about COVID-19. Joseph ONeill, 74, from Moyasta, County Clare, received a subcutaneous ICD, cardioverter-defibrillator, at the Cath lab, University Hospital Limerick, last October. Mr ONeill suffered a mild heart attack in 2010 and it was recommended by doctors that he receive a different type of ICD device the kind where the wires travel along the veins and up to the heart which is traditionally used in heart attack patients. Continue reading →

December 16, 2020 07:00 ET | Source: PolyPid Ltd. Enrollment in SHIELD I, the First Phase 3 Clinical Trial Continues to Progress, with Top-line Data Anticipated in Second Half of 2021 PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Dec. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PolyPid Ltd Continue reading →

Medtronic is shifting its C-suite after its cardiovascular portfolio lead and 11-year veteran Mike Coyle jumps ship at year-end to run wearable electrocardiogram maker iRhythm Technologies. He will be replaced Jan. Continue reading →

PESHAWAR: Its a dream come true for the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the long-delayed Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (PIC) is ready and Prime Minister Imran Khan will formally open it for patients today. Continue reading →

New COVID-19 infections continue to surge around the world, with the U.S., Europe, India, Russia, and Latin America bearing the most daily cases. The severity of illness in the current surge was initially low, but as numbers mount, so too have hospitalisations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and deaths. Continue reading →

A report published today shows that children who undergo heart surgery in Leeds have better outcomes than anywhere else in the country. The National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR), released their report on Thursday, December 10. It assesses the performance of individual heart surgery units by calculating an expected rate of survival according to the type and complexity of heart surgery performed. Continue reading →