Navigation Links
Artificial Heart , Gives Hope For Patients Awaiting a Heart Transplant

A recent study shows a completely artificial heart could prevent death in critically ill patients and those who are candidates for a heart transplant . The artificial heart implant improved survival rates before receiving actual heart transplants and after transplantation. //

The artificial heart was found to be a successful bridge to heart transplantation in many patients who did not improve with standard therapy and who were not candidates for the use of a left ventricular assist device. The artificial heart also helped promote end-organ recovery and mobility and restored hemodynamic (blood circulation) function.

The CardioWest Total Artificial Heart used in the study replaces both heart ventricles and all cardiac valves, thus eliminating problems commonly seen in the bridge to transplantation with left ventricular and biventricular assist devices. These problems include low blood flows, arrhythmias, and ventricular clots.The rate of survival to transplantation for the patients who received the artificial heart was 79 percent compared to 46 percent for the control patients who did not receive the device.

Researchers say with this device, a considerable number of potential cardiac-transplant recipients who have no other suitable options may successfully await cardiac transplantation.
'"/>




Page: 1

Related medicine news :

1. Fifth US Patient Receives Artificial Heart
2. First Artificial Heart patient has Major setback
3. Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients
4. Artificial silicon retina
5. Artificial disc looks hopeful
6. Artificial discs available as replacements for damaged discs
7. Artificially made protein to inhibit angiogenesis
8. Artificial Sweetners Not Really Safe?
9. Aspartame, Artificial Sweetener, A Safe Bet!
10. Artificial Light Stimulates Breast Cancer Growth In Mice: Study
11. Artificial sweetener, Aspartame, may be the potential cause of lymphoma, leukaemia
Post Your Comments:
(Date:10/13/2008)...ontinuing Commitment by Financing All Cash Transa... Generation Enterprise ...ewswire-FirstCall/ -- Health,Systems Solutions, In...sdaq: EMAG ) today announced the signing of a def...tock of Emageon. The agreement was unanimously,app...
(Date:10/13/2008)... NSAID pain relievers, experts say , , ...killer Vioxx was pulled from the market in 2004 --... attack, stroke and death -- many assumed that sto... study finds that "the risk was increased close to... a year," said co-author Dr. Robert Bresalier, a p...
(Date:10/13/2008)...ng programs for inpatients that include follow-up ... improve patients, ability to stay smoke-free. An...t hospitals around the world finds that efforts fe...,s chances of success by 65 percent. The study l...arch and Treatment Center at Massachusetts General...
(Date:10/13/2008)...t the combination of low plasma levels of antioxid...iated with certain forms of the eye disease age-re...eport in the October issue of Archives of Ophthal..."The retina is vulnerable to the damaging effects ...tion in the article. "While wavelengths in the UV ...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Health Systems Solutions Enters into Agreement to Acquire Emageon to Create Healthcare Technology Leader 2Health News:Health Systems Solutions Enters into Agreement to Acquire Emageon to Create Healthcare Technology Leader 3Health News:Health Systems Solutions Enters into Agreement to Acquire Emageon to Create Healthcare Technology Leader 4Health News:Health Systems Solutions Enters into Agreement to Acquire Emageon to Create Healthcare Technology Leader 5Health News:Health Systems Solutions Enters into Agreement to Acquire Emageon to Create Healthcare Technology Leader 6Health News:Vioxx's Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended 2Health News:Vioxx's Heart Risk Lingered Long After Use Ended 3Health News:Intensive support programs can help hospitalized smokers stay smoke-free 2Health News:Sunlight exposure plus low antioxidant levels may place older adults at risk for eye disease 2
...neglected yet, crucial issue -dental care insuran...ren do not have access to dental care insurance....or Medicaid, with the poorest children this is of ...Medicaid, due to its low reimbursement rates. <...
...k, but new studies have revealed that coffee can b... 2 diabetes and some kind of cancers too. Some ex...eart disease and cirrhosis of the liver. Antioxi...amage that can contribute to the development of th...
...om having a tonsillectomy in the short term, but t...and any benefits have to be balanced against the s...dults from Finland showed that tonsillectomy signi...urther infection after 90 days, compared with watc...
...abling conditions is illegal worldwide, but in rea...fferent countries. An editorial in this weeks BM..., about 200,000 live births occur annually; of the...y with severe congenital malformations are though...
Other Medicine News:Health News:More Than a Toothache 2Health News:New Health DrinkCoffee 2Health News:Is It Worth Having Surgery to Remove Your Tonsils? 2Health News:Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies? 2
(Date:10/13/2008)... advances study Study needed because of low ...13 /- Advanced Circulatory Systems, I...ed today that it has received,an additional $1.5 m...Health (NIH) to continue a study testing two devic...diac arrest outside a hospital. Whatcom County, WA...
(Date:10/13/2008)...face Treatment Maximizes,Endothelialization; Reduc...,Dual Antiplatelet Therapy, WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /...Innovative Devices and Futuristic Therapies" sessi...ular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific,symposium, spon...resented,12-month follow-up data from the ATLANTA ...
(Date:10/13/2008)...r Populations Facilitates ...Newswire/ -- Rubicon Genomics, Inc. today,announce...samples for The,Cancer Atlas Genome Project., Rub...ize total genomic,DNA from 3,000 tissue and blood ...ex(TM) Whole Genome Amplification technology was j...
(Date:10/12/2008)...gned for more uniform drug ...Oct. 12 /- Boston,Scientifi...hensive data from,the TAXUS ATLAS clinical program...ingle-arm, historically controlled trials, which e... Stent System in a variety of,lesions and patient ...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Whatcom County, Washington Participating in NIH Study of Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Techniques 212-Month ATLANTA Trial Data Show Sustained Benefit of Catania(TM) Stent in Treatment of De Novo Coronary Lesions 212-Month ATLANTA Trial Data Show Sustained Benefit of Catania(TM) Stent in Treatment of De Novo Coronary Lesions 312-Month ATLANTA Trial Data Show Sustained Benefit of Catania(TM) Stent in Treatment of De Novo Coronary Lesions 4Rubicon Provides Genome Amplification for the Cancer Genome Atlas Project 2Rubicon Provides Genome Amplification for the Cancer Genome Atlas Project 3Taxus Atlas Studies Reinforce Safety and Efficacy of Boston Scientific's Next-Generation Taxus Liberte Stent 2Taxus Atlas Studies Reinforce Safety and Efficacy of Boston Scientific's Next-Generation Taxus Liberte Stent 3Taxus Atlas Studies Reinforce Safety and Efficacy of Boston Scientific's Next-Generation Taxus Liberte Stent 4Taxus Atlas Studies Reinforce Safety and Efficacy of Boston Scientific's Next-Generation Taxus Liberte Stent 5Taxus Atlas Studies Reinforce Safety and Efficacy of Boston Scientific's Next-Generation Taxus Liberte Stent 6Autonomy 28TM 29 Lapro Angle 28TM 29 Articulating Laparoscopic Instruments Granted CE Mark 6910 1Autonomy 28TM 29 Lapro Angle 28TM 29 Articulating Laparoscopic Instruments Granted CE Mark 6910 2Bionovo to Present at BMO Capital Markets 2008 Focus on Healthcare Conference 6907 1Bionovo to Present at BMO Capital Markets 2008 Focus on Healthcare Conference 6907 2CryoLife Announces Management Promotions 6903 1CryoLife Announces Management Promotions 6903 2CryoLife Announces Management Promotions 6903 3Body Shaping Fuels Growth of 245 2 Billion Global Medical Aesthetic Market 6902 1Body Shaping Fuels Growth of 245 2 Billion Global Medical Aesthetic Market 6902 2
Ferris Smith Rongeurs, 12 overall length 300 mm.
It is designed for rigid skeletal fixation. These pins are constructed of stainless steel and can be removed for sterilization and reuse.
It is designed for rigid skeletal fixation. These pins are constructed of stainless steel and can be removed for sterilization and reuse.
It is designed for rigid skeletal fixation, and allows the surgeon greater freedom in positioning the fixation pins. The 3-point rigid skeletal fixation is designed for the supine, prone, lateral, or
Medicine Products: