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Clamor for Catheter-based Ablation Increasing Among Heart Patients in US

...here the chest is already being cut open for heart valve replacement or other surgery. But most atrial ablations are now minimally invasive procedures using tiny devices mounted at the end of long, flexible plastic catheters that are threaded into the heart through veins. Full-scale clinical trials ha...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

...led from the market in 1997 after reports of heart valve damage. Earlier this week, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended against approval of the diet drug Acomplia, which has been approved in Europe but increases the risk of suicidal thoughts. At a Weight Watchers ...

Obesity is Linked to Enlarged Heart

...howed that narrowing of the aortic valve, the main valve that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body, was the strongest predictor of LVH, followed by gender and Body Mass Index. While the cause of LVH in obese patients is not known, it may be related to increased work load or to the pr...

Rejection in Lung Transplants Due to Elevated Pepsin Level

...ication, a surgical procedure that strengthens the valve between the stomach and the esophagus, before the transplant have longer survival rates and delayed onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome than those who do not. If fundoplication is confirmed as a useful prophylaxis in preventing lung rejectio...

Cancer Patient’s Life Improved With Anti-reflux Valv

An anti-reflux valve developed to help esophageal cancer patients also ...g a windsock, it functions as a pressure-sensitive valve that closes when stomach pressure increases thereby preventing reflux. However, when the pressure bu...

Most Heart Patients Do Not Need Antibiotics Before Dental Procedures

...s, heart transplant recipients who develop cardiac valve problems, recipients of an artificial patch to rep...but no longer need them include people with mitral valve prolapse, rheumatic heart disease, bicuspid valve disease, calcified aortic stenosis, or congenital ...

British Scientists Grow Part of a Human Heart from Stem Cells

...ls from bone marrow and cultivated them into heart valve cells. Discs of heart valve tissue were obtained in turn from them. Later in the year, these will be implanted into animals ...

FDA Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Pergolide Products

...ing, because of new data concerning risks of heart valve damage. FDA today is issuing a Public Health Advisory (PHA) detailing the removal of pergolide products from the market. The PHA, which is available at www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/pergolide.htm includes information and recommended actions for ph...

Plavix Safe During and After Heart Bypass

...n patients who received anticoagulation agents for valve replacement and/or atrial fibrillation was excluded. Some 3,512 patients took only aspirin; 3,814 patients were treated with the aspirin and clopidogrel. "We have learned from our cardiologist colleagues that routine clopidogrel use after angiolop...

Genetics may Play Role in Heart Health

... males and 65 in women. For conditions like aortic valve disease or mitral valve disease, onset before age 50 is considered early. They're building on studies that have identified...

New Inhaler is Child's Play

...iting the inhalation volume. A patented mechanical valve at the air inlet on the other side of the mouthpiece reduces the inhalation flow rate (limiting it to 150ml/s), allowing slow, controlled delivery of the therapeutic aerosol. As the drug is inhaled, the silicone balloon deflates, folding up to vis...

First Keyhole Heart Valve Surgery Scheduled in Britain

...art surgeons are getting ready for the first heart valve replacement operation in Britain using key hole te...ists. The surgery is termed as percutaneous aortic valve replacement. This technique called the key hole technique was first performed in France. The nove...

Training Breathing Muscles Improves Swimmer's Performance

...assigned to the RRMT inhaled and exhaled against a valve that had a set opening pressure and imposed a continuous resistance using specialized breathing valves and a computer tracking system developed in CRESE. Swimmers in the ERMT protocol, using the same equipment, increased their breathing rate and t...

Birth Defects, an Important Reason Behind Infant Death, Study Reveals

...hat birth defects in the heart, such as, pulmonary valve stenosis, happen to be important reasons for hospi...ospadias, cleft lip, Down’s syndrome and pulmonary valve stenosis. Hospital care for the birth defect- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome was found to be the m...

Parkinson's Drugs Could Increase Heart Disease Risk

...f Parkinson's appear to increase the risk of heart valve disease, says a new study.// Parkinson's disease ...disease patients who did and did not develop heart valve disease. The rate of heart valve disease was seven times higher among pergolide-treated patients an...

Options Improving for Patients With Acromegaly and Gigantism

... often suffer from such complications as heart and valve disorders, high blood pressure and respiratory dysfunction. “In addition to the variety of medical conditions, self-image is a major issue for these patients. At Cedars-Sinai, we have support groups in which patients can share their experiences wi...

Holiday Season Could Ring in “Heartburn Season

...hat carries food from the throat to the stomach. A valve at the end of the esophagus is supposed to function as a one-way release, relaxing to allow food into the stomach and closing back up so food and acid in the stomach stay there while the food is digested. If there is a leaky valve, gastroesophageal r...

Minorities, Uninsured Less Likely to Receive Care at High-Volume Hospitals

...ip fracture repair, lung cancer resection, cardiac valve replacement, coronary angioplasty, pancreatic cancer resection, and total knee replacement. According to this database, a total of 719,608 patients received 1 of the 10 operations. The researchers found that “in general, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, ...

"Umbrella" Valve Provides Potential Alternative to Lung Surgery

A new umbrella-like valve may help patients with emphysema breathe easier an... Philadelphia, PA. “Unlike lung reduction surgery, valve treatment has fewer complications and a shorter hospital stay. For example, most valve-treated patie...

A New Approach to Heart Bypass Surgery Provides Patients with 'One-stop Shopping'

...before and after picture. When you have your heart valve operated on you have a before and after picture (i...s with aortic stenosis or a blockage of the aortic valve with blockage in the right coronary artery; they could have the right coronary artery stented in the...

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