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Cardica Announces Publication of Pivotal PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System Clinical Trial Results

... artery in the human body, during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures. "The data ... States and Europe. In the trial, two venous bypass grafts were randomly selected in each patient to ... PAS-Port system offers a significant benefit to bypass patients with no increased risk." The ...

Heparin Use Prior to Endoscopic Vein Harvest Improves Graft Patency in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Patients

... in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB). Pre-heparinization was also linked to a ... passed and the vein harvested for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures. This method reduces ... results in patients who require coronary artery bypass grafting, reinforcing the efficacy of this ...

SCAI: SYNTAX Data Show PCI Is a Good Option for Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease

... artery disease were advised to undergo open-heart bypass surgery. The SYNTAX (SYNergy Between Percutaneous ... rates of heart attack and death no different from bypass surgery after one year. "Starting today, I can ... procedures (either a second PCI or bypass surgery) by the end of the first year. In its ...

SCAI: CARDia Data Find Diabetic Patients With Complex Heart Disease Can Safely Choose PCI

... At One Year, Angioplasty and Stenting Matches bypass Surgery for Safety and Effectiveness in ... be able to choose angioplasty and stenting over bypass surgery," says Dr. Bonnie Weiner, SCAI ... in repeat revascularization between PCI and bypass surgery was very small but ...

Device Blocking Stomach Nerve Signals Shows Promise in Obesity

... system anatomy as is the case with both gastric bypass and gastric banding, and to date there have been ... nausea or vomiting as is common with both bypass and banding. Dr. Camilleri was involved in ... VBLOC therapy is a viable alternative to gastric bypass or gastric banding, and for which patients." ....

Cardica to Host Investor Briefing on 'Revolutionizing Revascularization'

... new techniques to improve coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures, including the use of ... and port-only coronary artery bypass surgical methods and has performed more of these ... automated anastomosis systems for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. By replacing hand-sewn ...

Cardica Reports Positive Top-Line Results and Submits 510(k) for PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System in Cardiac Bypass Surgery

... aorta, the main artery in the human body, during bypass procedures. "The innovative design of the ... medical meetings. In the trial, two venous bypass grafts were randomly selected in each patient to ... the PAS-Port system allows a surgeon to load the bypass graft into the system and rapidly complete the ...

Nuvelo Announces Positive Proof-of-Concept Data With Anticogulant NU172

... in medical procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous coronary ... Association, more than 450,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures and more than 1.2 ... during procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous interventions. ...

Hope for Emphysema Sufferers: Clinical Trial That May Help Patients Breathe Easier Begins at Central DuPage Hospital

... Patient enrollment begins for trial of airway bypass procedure to treat advanced widespread ... the EASE trial in the Chicago area. "Airway bypass could be groundbreaking because it is a ... struggle with each breath." During the airway bypass procedure, new openings are created in the airway ...

Bayer Issues Additional Guidance to Physicians on Trasylol(R)

... and blood transfusion undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The company did so after being notified ... in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass in the course of coronary ...

Surgery More Likely Than Angioplasty to Relieve Pain for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

... disease treatable with either angioplasty or bypass surgery. As defined by the report, ... similar numbers of heart attacks, but that bypass surgery presents a slightly higher risk of stroke ... relieve symptoms, patients have two choices: In bypass surgery, surgeons use a blood vessel harvested ...

Surgeons Find That Laparoscopic Banding Procedure Helps Overweight Adolescents Lose Weight and Improve Health

... are performed in the United States: the gastric bypass procedure and the laparoscopic adjustable gastric ... it's safer," Dr. Nadler explains. "Gastric bypass probably is a little bit more effective in ... "about 50 percent of your excess weight while the bypass may be closer to 60 percent." As for the ...

Four Analyses of Three-Year Clinical Data Suggest CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent May Provide Alternative to Surgery for Patients with Multivessel Disease

... be considered an appropriate alternative to bypass surgery in patients with blockages in two or more ... of a bare metal stent to those obtained with bypass surgery. The ARTS II Study included 607 patients ... I Study, which included 605 patients treated with bypass surgery and 600 treated with a bare metal stent. ...

Endoscopy Identified as Safe and Effective Method in Treating Common Complication of Gastric Bypass Surgery

... frequent postoperative complication of gastric bypass surgery. The study, published in the August issue ... of Medicine. "As the number of gastric bypass procedures grows, it will become increasingly ... of both open and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgeries (the most frequently performed ...

SCAI Statement on the BARI 2D Trial (Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation With Diabetes Trial) Presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Annual Scientific Sessions and Published in The New England Journal of Medicine

... therapy (OMT) plus either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or bypass surgery (CABG). Since the BARI-2D study enrolled a very small subset ... for revascularization." "Revascularization, including angioplasty or bypass surgery, is critical for many diabetic patients," said Steven R. Bailey, ...

New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Results from Boston Scientific's Landmark SYNTAX(TM) Trial

... safety for complex patients treated with TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) Stents and bypass surgery NATICK, Mass., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston ... Coronary Stent System was compared to contemporary coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in patients with the most complex coronary artery ...

Nuvelo Announces Positive Phase 1b Proof-of-Concept Data With Anticoagulant NU172

... approach to anticoagulation for procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, kidney dialysis, and percutaneous coronary ... short-acting anticoagulant during procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery, kidney dialysis and percutaneous coronary interventions. ...

Nuvelo Initiates Phase 1B Clinical Trial of Anticoagulant NU172

... in the setting of medical or surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention," said Dr. Ted ... short-acting anticoagulant during procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous interventions. Data from the Phase 1 trial ...

Ikaria Completes Dosing of Phase 1a Clinical Study for IK-1001 (Sodium Sulfide) for Injection

... conditions, including myocardial infarction, cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, and acute lung injury. In conjunction with this Phase 1a trial ... variety of disease models including myocardial infarction, cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery, liver ischemia and ...

Study Finds PCI Safe, Effective Despite Off-Site Cardiac Surgery

... to keep staff skill levels high. Further complicating the issue: Emergency bypass surgery is rare -- it's needed in about 0.3 percent of PCI patients -- but ... with on-site cardiac surgery were more likely to perform emergency bypass surgery, but overall in-hospital mortality was no different in the two ...

Do-It-Yourself Cardiac Bypass Surgery: All You Need is Walking Shoes

... that it can help some people with narrowed coronary arteries safely avoid bypass surgery or angioplasty. The Harvard Heart Letter asks: Why not give yourself a natural bypass before you need a surgeon to perform a more painful and hazardous one? ...

FDA Advisory Committees Recommend Continued U.S. Marketing Authorization for Trasylol(R)

... and the need for blood transfusion in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass in the course of coronary artery bypass graft surgery who are at an ... should be administered only in operative settings where cardio-pulmonary bypass can be rapidly initiated. The benefit of Trasylol(R) to patients ...

Is Your Hair Taking a Break?

... causing more hair to enter the rest phase than the normal 10 percent. For example, surgery, childbirth, dramatic weight loss (including gastric bypass surgery), the death of a loved one, starting or stopping oral contraceptives, iron deficiency, and chronic thyroid diseases can trigger this type of ...

World's First Cardiac Adult Stem Cell Patient Receives Infusion

... Surgery at UofL and Director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device Program at Jewish Hospital, performed coronary artery bypass surgery on Jones on March 23. Jones suffered from congestive heart failure due to multiple blocked arteries that had resulted in permanent scarring ...

First Patient of NOTES Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study Successfully Treated With Ethicon Endo-Surgery Devices

... Ohio State University Medical Center underwent a transgastric diagnostic peritoneoscopy with laparoscopic assistance prior to a laparoscopic gastric bypass procedure. The transgastric diagnostic peritoneoscopy is an exploratory surgery of the abdomen with the potential to treat adhesions, biopsy, etc. ...

Cardiogenesis Announces Presentation of its PHOENIX(R) Combination TMR Plus Stem Cell Delivery System at the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ISMICS) Annual Meeting

... methods. Eight patients treated with the PHOENIX System completed 1 year follow up: Seven patients had concomitant coronary bypass grafting, one patient stand alone therapy. There was no operative or hospital mortality. One year survival was 100%. Compared to ...

MitraClip(R) Therapy Data Demonstrate Clinical Benefit in High-Risk Patients With Mitral Regurgitation

... performed by physicians in the catheterization laboratory. The heart beats normally during the procedure, and therefore does not require a heart-lung bypass machine. In addition to improving blood flow through the heart, the procedure may also relieve symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath that ...

SYNTAX Analysis Finds Treatment With TAXUS(R) Express2(R) Stent System More Cost Effective Than Bypass Surgery in Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease

... Coronary Stent System was consistently associated with fewer patient hospital days during the first year after treatment compared to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Total medical costs at one year were also lower with PCI. Analysis of the data was presented by Ben van Hout, Ph.D., of the ...

Complications and Costs for Obesity Surgery Declining

... heart attacks and strokes remained relatively unchanged. With the exception of the 19 percent rate for dumping, which is especially a risk in gastric bypass surgery, rates ranged from 2.4 percent to 0.1 percent. In addition, hospital payments for bariatric surgery patients, as a whole, fell from ...

Schering-Plough Announces Results of the Early ACS Trial

... than or equal to 96 hours (longer infusions were permitted to ensure a minimum 18-hour infusion post-PCI). In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, the infusion continued until 2 hours preoperative (maximum 120 hours). Patients without revascularization received an infusion ...

MitraClip(R) Therapy Data Shows Important Clinical Benefit in High Risk Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation at 12-Month Follow Up

... performed by physicians in the catheterization laboratory. The heart beats normally during the procedure, and therefore does not require a heart-lung bypass machine. In addition to improving blood flow through the heart, the procedure may also relieve symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath that ...

SYNTAX Analysis Finds Treatment With TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) Stents More Cost Effective Than Bypass Surgery in Many Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease

... SYNTAX trial. The results found that while the overall cost effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery varied according to patient characteristics, PCI was more cost effective than CABG in patients with low or moderate coronary ...

AHRQ-Funded Study Finds Lower Risk of Death and Heart Attack in Patients With Drug-Coated Stent Implants Compared to Those With Bare Metal Stents

... no significant differences in the percentages of drug-eluting and bare metal stent patients who required a repeat angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (roughly 23 percent) and in the percentages of patients who suffered strokes or major bleeding (about 3 percent and 3.5 percent, ...

First Swiss Patients Treated with the Percutaneous MitraClip(R) System

... performed by physicians in the catheterization laboratory. The heart beats normally during the procedure, and therefore does not require a heart-lung bypass machine. In addition to improving blood flow through the heart, the procedure may also relieve symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath that ...

Mardil Inc. Advances Its Novel Cardiac Device to First-In-Human Trials for Mitral Valve Regurgitation

... carry a range of serious complications and risks. The average mortality rate for patients undergoing mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass surgery together has risen to 10 percent, a statistic that Mardil founders hope to reduce with their device. The Mardil device, called BACE(TM) ...

Wrist Access Safer, Easier for Many Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Treatment of Blocked Heart Arteries

... at the 21st annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET). Every year, about one million Americans opt for angioplasty over bypass surgery to open their blocked arteries. New data suggests that beginning the angioplasty procedure by entering through the wrist - rather than ...

MGuard(TM) Coronary Stent System Approved in Israel

... the safety and efficacy of the MGuard stent in human subjects who are candidates for a PCI due to a narrowing of a native coronary artery or a bypass graft. Since November 2007, 24 patients out of 60 planned have been enrolled. Preliminary angiographic data has demonstrated high acute gain and ...

Dramatic JUPITER Findings Fail to Sway Prescribing Behavior, Poll Shows

... hs-CRP (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein), a test measuring inflammation, by 37%. The corresponding reduction in the rate of heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery, or cardiovascular death was 44%. MedPage Today poll participants registered mixed views as to the best preventive cardiovascular ...

CVBT Doses First Patient in its Phase II Clinical Trial for Severe Coronary Heart Disease

... optimal medical therapy. Their treating cardiologist will have determined that they are generally not suitable for standard interventional therapy or bypass surgery. To learn more about enrollment, patients or caregivers should contact clinical sites participating in the study directly. Active ...

12-Month ATLANTA Trial Data Show Sustained Benefit of Catania(TM) Stent in Treatment of De Novo Coronary Lesions

... showed zero (0.0) percent stent thrombosis (Academic Research Consortium, or ARC-defined), death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or coronary artery bypass graft. Target lesion revascularization was 10.9 percent (only 3.6 percent clinically driven, 7.3 percent non-clinically driven), with a binary ...
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