Category Archives: Cardiac Surgery

But Cardiac Risk in the Young (Cry) was forced to halt its screening programme as the virus took hold. Doctors fear they will be unable to get the service back up and running fully for some months, meaning many more cases will go undetected Continue reading →

The reports cover key developments in the Air Cooler Market as organic and inorganic growth strategies. Various companies are focusing on organic growth strategies such as product launches, product approvals and others such as patents and events. Inorganic growth strategies activities witnessed in the market were acquisitions, and partnership & collaborations. Continue reading →

Posted May 22, 2020, 6:30 am Cognition is an important function of the brain that enables us to acquire and process information, to enhance our understanding of thoughts, experiences, and our senses. Any condition that affects our ability to think, reason, memorize, or be attentive affects our cognitive ability. Some cognitive decline is a normal part of aging, but there are many things you can do to prevent or forestall cognitive changes as you age, including when planning for surgery. Continue reading →

Xuepan Chen,1,2,* Yuanchen Ma,1,* Zhantao Deng,1 Qingtian Li,1 JunXing Liao,1 Qiujian Zheng1 1Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial Peoples Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences;School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China; 2Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Peoples Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Correspondence: Qiujian Zheng Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial Peoples Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, No. 106, Zhongshan Second Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510000, Peoples Republic of China Email zqj106@126.com Introduction: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a common cardiac screening test before hip fracture surgery. However, the general TTE test delays surgery, so it would be meaningful if we could simplify the TTE by only assessing cardiac abnormality specifically Continue reading →

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: CARMAT (Paris:ALCAR) (FR0010907956, ALCAR), the designer and developer of the worlds most advanced total artificial heart, aiming to provide a therapeutic alternative for people suffering from end-stage biventricular heart failure, announces the first implantation of its bioprosthetic artificial heart in Denmark. The implant procedure was performed by the team of Dr. Peter Skov Olsen, cardio-thoracic surgeon at the Heart Center of Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen Continue reading →

PARIS Fineheart SA, of Bordeaux, France, reported the success of a seven-day preclinical study to evaluate its Implantable Cardiac Output Management System (ICOMS), the first fully Intra-Ventricular Flow Accelerator synchronized to the native heartbeat to restore natural heart pumping capacity. Following multiple short-term studies conducted over years of development, this first long-term study confirms promising results for the ICOMS in overcoming many of the challenges associated with LVADs currently on the market, Arnaud Mascarell, CEO and co-founder of Fineheart, told BioWorld Continue reading →

No restriction of oral food intake prior to nonemergent cardiac catheterization is as safe as the current traditional NPO [nothing by mouth] strategy, results from a large, single-center, randomized controlled trial showed. According to lead investigator Abhishek Mishra, MD, NPO after midnight has been a standard practice before major surgery requiring general anesthesia since Mendelson Syndrome was first described in 1946. "The rationale for keeping NPO after midnight has been to keep the stomach empty, to reduce gastric contents and acidity which would reduce emesis and eventually reduce the risk of aspiration," Dr Continue reading →

The Cardiac Surgery and Heart Valve Devices market research encompasses an exhaustive analysis of the market outlook, framework, and socio-economic impacts. Continue reading →

Along with the rest of a grateful nation, I stood on my doorstep on Thursday night and joined the now ritualistic 8pm applause for our National Health workers in the Clap for Carers tribute that has done so much to bind us all together. Continue reading →

KEY POINTS The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly reduced the capacity of health systems to provide scheduled services such as elective surgery and other non-emergency procedures. The combination of single-entry models and team-based care is an efficient, fair and ethical approach to addressing the pent-up demand for surgery in the presence of constrained resources Continue reading →