Keywords: Cath Lab
02/04/2010
3-D views in the cath lab
New technology that allows doctors to see three-dimensional images of heart arteries in the catheterization lab passed its first major testing hurdle - moving doctors closer to …
01/29/2010
Heart Rhythm Disorders: Better outcome with catheter ablation
According to data appeared on January, 26th, 2010 in JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association), patients with a common heart rhythm disorder, called Atrial Fibrillation, who …
01/27/2010
New concepts in stroke therapy
Like a bolt from the blue ischemic stroke strikes a patient unpredictably. The consequences are devastating: stroke is the number one cause of serious disabilities in adulthood - …
01/26/2010
The Syntax Study
Bypass or stent? In Germany alone, every year 370.000 patients have to decide which kind of surgery they will undergo. The Syntax study (Synergy between PCI with taxus and cardiac …
11/21/2009
Imaging and computing power leading to breakthroughs for cardiac surgery
Two members of the Heart Center at the University of Leipzig teamed up during Medica for a tour de force presentation on Future Trends in Cardiac Surgery. "The aim of the game is …
09/01/2009
"Any cath lab that is not open 24/7 should be closed"
Surviving a heart attack depends upon where you live in Europe. For cardiologists that is unacceptable. A majority of European countries can deliver life-saving primary …
09/01/2009
Enjoying childhood despite being a type 1 diabetic
Type 1 diabetes is a life-long autoimmune disease with onset in early childhood. The diagnosis will initially turn the everyday life of children and their families topsy-turvy due …
07/01/2009
Are clinical trials inadequate to ensure new treatments are safe?
Concerns over whether the tests a treatment undergoes before general release are enough to ensure its long-term safety have been raised in an editorial by Dr Vijay Sharma, …
05/01/2009
Angioplasty gains new balloon catheter
Voyager NC, a new coronary dilation catheter with a high-pressure capability designed to optimise coronary artery treatment during angioplasty procedure, can be used for both …
05/01/2009
A multimodal approach strengthens non-invasive diagnostics
Echocardiography is the work horse of non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostics. Has this developed? …
05/01/2009
Breast brachytherapy
Studies show promise for fast, 5-day therapy for early-stage breast cancer patients …
03/31/2009
Hoffnung für Patienten mit Arteriosklerose
Jede Behandlung mit einem Ballonkatheter provoziert die Narbenbildung an der Gefäßinnenwand, weil durch das Dehnen des verstopften Gefäßrohres mikrofeine Verletzungen …
03/01/2009
Saving the feet of diabetics
The hugely increasing numbers of diabetics is a medical and financial burden worldwide. Diabetics can, for example, suffer eye and kidney problems and more five percent of them …
02/20/2009
New Faster Cancer Treatment Procedure Completed in One Day
HDR brachytherapy patients require at least six hours between treatment sessions to enable the body to recover. A leading provincial cancer hospital has become the first in the UK …
11/19/2008
Carotid artery stenosis
Patients who have suffered strokes due to stenosis of the carotid artery are at a high risk of suffering further strokes. Many of these second strokes could be avoided if the …
10/28/2008
itm Rhenium-PTA/PTCA®
An effective, safe treatment for prophylaxis of restenosis in periphery and cardiology new generation of Endovascular Brachytherapy gains full CE-certification. Constricted …
09/01/2008
Advances of vascular MRI at higher field strengths
Stefan G Ruehm, Kambiz Nael, Derek Lohan and Henrik J Michaely* describe impressive images that benefit patient treatment …
08/12/2008
Focus: hygiene and nosocomial infections
They are one of the major threats in todays hospital: tiny pathogens that hide out in catheters, in ventilation tubes, on instruments or on the keyboards of medical …
08/01/2008
Cardiology at the Crossroads
This May the Brussels-based Crossroads Institute for Cardiac and Vascular Medical Education launched two new educational courses on the prevention of amputation (peripheral …
04/30/2008
First bio-degradable implants repair cardiac defects in children
The Department for Paediatric Cardiology at the University Medical Centre, at Johannes Gutenberg University, in Mainz, has extended its range of services for lower impact …
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