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05/14/2013

The first human implantations of bioprosthetic artificial hearts

CARMAT, the designer and developer of the world’s most advanced project of total artificial heart, announces today that it has obtained the approval of four renowned …

05/13/2013

Celebrating the 60th birthday of a fabulous lifesaver

This May it will be exactly 60 years since the first extracorporeal circulation device to temporarily replace heart/ lung function was successfully used in a clinical setting. …

05/07/2013

Routine clinical use will take another decade

Numerous cardiac muscle cells die following myocardial infarction, due to reduced blood flow in the affected muscle areas. What remains is a scar, which also mechanically affects …

05/06/2013

Pacemakers, defibrillators and MRI

Not such a rare situation: A patient is due for an MRI scan to clarify a diagnosis. However, it transpires that this patient is fitted with an implant, say an implantable …

04/26/2013

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

There is little evidence on respiratory support with extracorporeal systems – enough of an argument for most of those doubting the procedure not to use it, or even make it …

04/09/2013

Survival of SAPIEN high-risk patients equivalent to surgery

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, announced the three-year results of a pivotal clinical study of …

04/05/2013

Integrating cardiovascular imaging modalities revolutionises care

How the different advanced cardio vascular imaging technologies fit together in managing cardiac patients, will be one of the main themes explored at the International Conference …

03/04/2013

Austria’s cardiovascular research

Arterial stiffness of the central human blood vessels leads to increased work for the heart and damages microstructures in the organs. However, measuring blood vessel elasticity …

03/04/2013

Implantable cardiac devices

Patients with cardiac implantable electric devices (CIED) need ongoing and lifelong follow-ups. Due to the growing number of CIEDs, the demand for follow-up visits is increasing …

02/05/2013

Genetic variation doubles risk of aortic valve calcification

Study described in The New England Journal of Medicine is the first to show cause-and-effect relationship between a gene variant and calcium deposits on the aortic valve. …

01/30/2013

Marriage reduces the risk of heart attack

A large population-based study from Finland has shown that being unmarried increases the risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attack in both men and women whatever their age. …

01/28/2013

Still a challenge

Can an anaesthetist treat a patient with heart failure (HF) without any specialist knowledge of cardiology? That was the question posed by Dr Florian Weis, from the Clinic of …

01/23/2013

Bilateral initiation

Renowned French and German cardiovascular researchers gathered in October at the French Embassy in Berlin for a one-day symposium entitled ‘The Frontiers of Cardiovascular …

11/24/2012

Diagnosing from a distance

An echocardiography system that conveniently slips into a coat pocket, this kind of miniature device is now commercially available. Portable ultrasound has been around for about a …

11/24/2012

France: 61-year-old receives the first fully-biodegradable stent

A novel, entirely biodegradable device has been successfully implanted in a blocked artery patient needing a percutaneous coronary intervention …

11/05/2012

Pre-operative risk stratification

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11/02/2012

Mending Hearts

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11/02/2012

Top billing for cardiac MRI

Today, magnetic resonance imaging receives top billing in cardiology next to the co-star computed tomography while much hailed single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) …

11/02/2012

Cardiac ergometry in an MRI

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11/02/2012

Tracking the source of heart failure

To treat heart problems, common sense says we should look to the heart. New European research based on an advanced ultrasound system suggests that stiffening of the arteries plays …

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