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• Blackburn boss Allardyce recovering after heart surgery

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Nov 28 (DPA) Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce underwent a procedure on his heart and is expected to be out of hospital soon.The 55-year-old had angioplasty Friday to correct the narrowing of one branch of his coronary arteries.“The procedure has gone well and Sam is expected to be discharged from hospital on ...
  2 days ago

• Engineers, doctors at UCLA develop novel material that could help fight arterial disease

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 640
  A fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral arterial disease.
  4 days ago

• Diabetic Heart Disease: Is Angioplasty or Medications Better Treatment?

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 487
  If you’re a diabetic with heart disease, don’t be too quick to sign up for an angioplasty. According to a new study, the best heart disease treatment for diabetics may be an old standby – medications. Heart disease in diabetics is the most common cause of death, but an angioplasty may not be needed in every ...
  6 days ago

• New Heart Attack Treatment Guidelines Stress Coordination

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 543
  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Theres a message for doctors, hospitals and communities in new guidelines for treatment of coronary disease and heart attacks: Get organized. read more
  1 week ago

• Drug therapy more cost-effective than angioplasty for diabetic patients with heart disease

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 640
  STANFORD, Calif. -- Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark Hlatky, MD.
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• Dyslipidemia therapy takes a step forward

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  In medical technology development, there are perennially long-shot technologies being pursued for their ability to make an order of magnitude shift in treatment.  This, of course, seems to be the thrust of a majority of biotechnology development, which seeks to provide cures where only palliative treatments (drug or ...
  1 week ago

• How Not to Consent a Patient for Angioplasty

  
  Dr. Wes — Authority: 543
  Yikes ! "Honey, all you need to worry about is if I am going to listen to opera or Steely Dan during the procedure." -Wes P.S. I told you "Honey" was bad. Musings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.
  1 week ago

• Mayo Study Shows Stroke Incidence Related to Angioplasty Remains Steady Over Past 15 Years

  
  Mayo Clinic News — Authority: 414
  Journalists:  For links to web-video and audio files, see the bottom of this post.ORLANDO, Fla. — Results of a Mayo Clinic study show the incidence of stroke or mini-stroke related to a coronary angioplasty remained steady over a 15-year period. Researchers say this is good news because physicians now are ...
  1 week ago

• Coronary artery disease: stents, bypass — and plenty of other options

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  Because of the invasive nature of cardiac surgery, medical therapy will always be the preferred treatment protocol favored by many clinicians. To that end, device and pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to explore methods of treating atherosclerosis that will render surgery unnecessary. For instance, researchers ...
  3 weeks ago

• Surgery in Chandigarh hospital telecast live to Paris

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) A team of cardiologists at a private hospital in this union territory Thursday conducted a surgery, which was telecast live to the Indo-European Course on Revascularization (IECR) at Paris.Doctors at Mukat Hospital performed the surgery that was broadcast live during the third edition of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Heart patients running the red light on traffic restrictions

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 640
  Edmonton − More than half of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) dont get any counselling on their ability to drive after angioplasty -- and this could be putting lives in danger, D
  4 weeks ago

• Gujarat BJP chief suffers heart attck, hospitalised

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Gandhinagar, Oct 26 (IANS) Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Purshottam Rupala was admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad Monday after he suffered a mild heart attack, a party official said.Rupala, 55, was rushed to the SAL Hospital in Ahmedabad from the state capital here after he complained of chest pain ...
  4 weeks ago

• Growth of coronary stent market in Japan, China

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  (The global market for coronary stents worldwide is assessed in the MedMarket Diligence report #C245 , "Worldwide Market for Drug-Eluting, Bare Metal and Other Coronary Stents, 2008-2017.") The market for coronary stents in Asia and the Pacific region contains both China (early technology adopters) and Japan ...
  5 weeks ago

• The heart attack myth: Study establishes that women do have same the heart attack symptoms as men

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 640
  Edmonton − The gender difference between men and women is a lot smaller than weve been led to believe when it comes to heart attack symptoms, according to a new study presented to the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. "Both ...
  5 weeks ago

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