The parents of a 3-year-old who died after heart surgery at North Carolina Childrens Hospital in 2016 are suing the institution, saying it failed to disclose internal concerns about the quality of its care. Tasha and Thomas Jones, the parents, also allege that doctors didnt warn them about problems with the heart surgery program, and instead chose to protect their own reputational and monetary interests by continuing to refer patients to the Chapel Hill hospital, according to a complaint filed on Thursday in North Carolina state court. In 2016, Skylar Jones underwent what was considered a relatively low-risk procedure to repair a heart defect. Continue reading →

Doctors at Duke University Hospital have performed the country's first-ever adult heart transplant through a process called donation after circulatory death (DCD), and one of the surgeons involved says the process could expand the heart transplant donor pool by as much as 30%. Here are 5 key tactics to attract and retain transplant patients Typically, heart transplants "depen[d] on a declaration of brain death," according to a Duke release. By contrast, DCD transplants occur after circulatory death and rely on hearts that have stopped beating, when the patient is not technically brain dead but has been declared dead Continue reading →

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --CytoSorbents Corporation(NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care immunotherapy leader commercializing its CytoSorbblood purification technology to treat deadly inflammation in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, announced that the Company will present an overview of the company at the Piper Jaffray 31st Annual Healthcare Conference onThursday, December 5, 2019inNew York, NY, and meet with investors in 1x1 meetings throughout the day. Piper Jaffray 31st Annual Healthcare Conference Where:Lotte New York Palace, 455 Madison Ave, New York, NY When:Thursday, December 5, 2019 from11:50AM-12:10PM ESTWebcast: Piper Jaffray 31st Annual Healthcare Conference Webcast Link A live webcast of the presentation will be available at the above webcast link. Continue reading →

When Charlie Luckesen turned 2 the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, his family celebrated with a golden balloon nearly twice his height, a construction-paper banner that spelled out Oh Twodles, and an enormous, icing-swirled cake. But the whole day was tinged with unease Continue reading →

The procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a minimally-invasive alternative to open heart surgery. It should be offered to suitable patients who have a stiff or narrowed aortic valve that doesn't let blood pass as it should, the report from health watchdog Hiqa to the Minister for Health Simon Harris and the HSE said. Continue reading →

Theglobal cardiac surgery instruments marketis driven primarily by the growing prevalence of cardiac disorders across the world. The cardiac surgery instruments market has also benefited from the cross-channel demand to improve medical devices in terms of efficacy as well as patient safety, enabling steady growth of the sector. The cardiac surgery instruments market is likely to exhibit steady growth in the coming years due to the importance of the sector to the growing cardiac healthcare and medical devices sector. Continue reading →