Columbia study shows widely used artery clearing device does not help patients during heart attack
...protection devices use a specialized guidewire and catheter to collect and remove this debris. The study evaluated the efficacy of distal protection devices using several measures, including evaluating patient ST segments ?a portion of the EKG that can indicate heart damage when it is elevated. The study sho...Neurologix announces positive results of gene therapy clinical trial in Parkinson's disease
... of the brain) infusion of AAV-GAD via a hair-thin catheter into the subthalamic nucleus (STN), a deep brain s...After the 100-minute infusion period, the delivery catheter was withdrawn and the incision closed. No hardware was left behind following this procedure, and al...Bone marrow stem cells may heal hearts even years after heart attacks
... stem cells from the marrow were infused through a catheter into the coronary artery where the patient's heart attack occurred. "The main results were at least threefold: an improvement in global left ventricular function by 15 percent, infarction wall movement velocity rose 57 percent, and there was a signi...... experiment. Lastly, each person was fitted with a catheter through which blood could be drawn for later analysis. During the first visit, Kiecolt-Glaser said, each spouse was asked to talk for several minutes about some characteristic or behavior which he or she would like to change. This was a supportive,...GE, St. Jude to collaborate on visualization technology
...hnology will be integrated with St. Jude Medical's catheter technology to provide physicians with real-time ultrasound imaging inside the heart, including direct visualization of both blood flow and other catheters used during cardiac procedures. Beat this The integrated system is primarily designed for p...Stem cells produce anti-disease protein in brain experiment
...otential dangers; it involved daily infusions by a catheter pumping the factor directly into the brain....GE Healthcare launches new medical scanner, places another in hospitals
...of arterial stenosis faster and less invasive than catheter angiography." Or, a single LightSpeed VCT scan of the chest area can allow doctors to "rule out" the three most serious chest-pain related conditions: aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and coronary artery disease. All these approaches are meant...Technology helps heal heart arrhythmias in children
...ing the tissue causing the abnormality. A special catheter made by Montreal-based CryoCath Technologies rea...ophysiologist and pediatric cardiologist guide the catheter through a vein into the patients heart. Cryotherapy then is used to numb the cells responsible for c......of arterial stenosis faster and less invasive than catheter angiography. Emergency room patients exhibiting acute chest pain may be able to be diagnostically scanned for evidence of heart attack, pulmonary embolism or aortic dissection in one scan. LightSpeed VCT is also designed to enable doctors to make...Radiofrequency catheter ablation safe for infants
...n, according to new research.// The radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) treatment involves threading a catheter - with an electrode at its tip - into the area of the heart which is struggling with an uncontrolled......allised nylon which prevented any smell leakage. A catheter was attached to the subjects' anus. In addition to finding that the charcoal-coated cushions reduced the bad smell levels produced by hydrogen sulphide to almost nothing, the researchers put paid to a cruel myth. They say it is not true that men pr...Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty
...s six months. In an angioplasty, a balloon-tipped catheter is guided by X-rays to the site of a main artery blockage that keeps blood from the heart. The balloon is inflated and crushes the blockage to the side of the artery wall to allow for greater blood flow. The correction rarely is permanent, however. ......acks in 3 cases. In angioplasty, a balloon-tipped catheter is threaded into a blocked artery and inflated, flattening fatty plaques against the artery wall. More than half of arteries cleared in this way eventually become blocked or narrowed again, so doctors may insert stents - sometimes coated with drugs -......asty, which involves insertion of a balloon-tipped catheter which widens the artery. In fact, mesenteric ischemia should alert those who suffer from it to more serious problems elsewhere namely in the coronary arteries....Lumboperitoneal Catheter and Shunt Systems
PS Medical lumboperitoneal catheter systems are designed to divert CSF from the lumbar subarachnoid space to the peritoneal cavity, using simplified surgical techniques....... technically innovative anti-microbial impregnated catheter for external CSF drainage which reduces gram positive bacteria on catheter tube surfaces. Treated with the patented Bactiseal Advanced Impregnation Process, it reduces the pot...External Ventricular Drainage (EVD)
.... It can be used in combination with a ventricular catheter or with the 3 or 3XL probe from the Aesculap Spiegelberg ICP, CPP and Compliance Monitoring System....... to track flexible instruments such as stylets for catheter delivery....This catheter is intended for ultrasound examination of coronary intravascular pathology only. Intravascular ultrasound imaging is indicated in patients who are candidates for transluminal coronary interventional procedures....New Advances in Gastric Diagnostics: Smaller is Better
... has less reflux-provoking effects than transnasal catheter monitoring. The miniaturized unit, containing a pH...ame software used to analyze data from their nasal catheter pH monitoring system). The capsule detaches itself from the esophagus, and is passed through the dig...Tight Glycemic Control in the ICU
...-time monitoring. GluCath (GluMetrics, Inc.) is a catheter device in the development pipeline for continuous monitoring of hospitalized patients. The device consists of an optical fiber to which an optical glucose sensor is applied. The sensor is a fluorescent chemical complex immobilized in a thin-film hyd...New Information on the Potential of Plasmin Shared at ISTH Congress
...ytic that can be infuseddirectly into a clot via a catheter using minimally invasivetechniques. "Plasmin, because of its local action and strong fibrinbinding properties, has the potential to provide improvements whentreating patients with acute clotting disorders," said VictorMarder, M.D., Chairman, David Ge...Six Important Things to Know About Preventing Hospital Infections
... procedure, be persistent about cleanliness: If a catheter is in place, inquire if it's still needed since bacteria can enter the device and quickly spread through the body. Ask if incisions are dressed appropriately and if any sign of infection has appeared. 6. Ask the unobvious que......ry stenting is performed by delivering astent on a catheter through the femoral artery in the groin. Thecatheter is maneuvered through the patient's vasculature to thecarotid artery. The stent, which is designed to prevent arterialplaque and debris from breaking off and blocking blood flow to thebrain, is the...