Big Study Finds Many Heart Procedures Won ’t Cut Risk of Having Heart Attack
This study clearly goes against what has been the common wisdom for the last 30, 40 years” and may lead to less testing and invasive treatment for such patients in the future, said Dr. Glenn Levine, a Baylor College of Medicine cardiologist with no role in the research. Some doctors still may quibble with the study, but it was very well done “and I think the results are extremely believable,” he said.
About 17 million Americans have clogged arteries that crimp the heart’s blood supply, which can cause periodic chest pain. Cheap and generic aspirin, cholesterol-lowering drugs and blood pressure medic...
Source: TIME: Health - November 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ARILYNN MARCHIONE / AP Tags: Uncategorized onetime Research Source Type: news
Fasting Diet Could Benefit Heart Health: Study
SATURDAY, Nov. 16, 2019 -- Routine fasting may reduce the risk of heart failure and death in patients who have cardiac catheterization, a new study suggests.
It included more than 2,000 patients who had cardiac catheterization between 2013 and 2015.... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Intermittent fasting increases longevity in cardiac catheterization patients
(Intermountain Medical Center) In a new study by researchers at the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, researchers have found that cardiac catheterization patients who practiced regular intermittent fasting lived longer than patients who don't. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Shockwave Medical Eyes Japan as Next Market for IVL Device
Shockwave Medical is moving to get its Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) technology approved in Japan. The Santa Clara-based company said it has initiated the DISRUPT CAD IV study of IVL in heavily calcified coronary arteries.
DISRUPT CAD IV is expected to enroll up to 64 patients at eight sites in Japan. Shockwave Medical pointed out the first CAD IV patient was enrolled earlier this week by the principal investigator of the study, Shigeru Saito, MD, Director of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories and Vice President, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital.
The firm’s device is designed to fracture proble...
Source: MDDI - November 8, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news
12 Innovations That Will Change Health Care and Medicine in the 2020s
Pocket-size ultrasound devices that cost 50 times less than the machines in hospitals (and connect to your phone). Virtual reality that speeds healing in rehab. Artificial intelligence that’s better than medical experts at spotting lung tumors. These are just some of the innovations now transforming medicine at a remarkable pace.
No one can predict the future, but it can at least be glimpsed in the dozen inventions and concepts below. Like the people behind them, they stand at the vanguard of health care. Neither exhaustive nor exclusive, the list is, rather, representative of the recasting of public health and medic...
Source: TIME: Health - October 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIME Staff Tags: Uncategorized HealthSummit19 technology Source Type: news
Penumbra Looks to Bolster Indigo Through CHEETAH
The first patient has been enrolled in Penumbra’s CHEETAH post-market study to evaluate the Indigo System with CAT RX Aspiration Catheter in the coronary vessels. About 400 patients are expected to be enrolled at 25 centers in CHEETAH.
Alameda, CA-based Penumbra’s Indigo System uses mechanical power aspiration to remove thrombus in the coronaries.
The primary study endpoint is a composition of cardiovascular (CV) death, recurrent myocardial infarction (MI), cardiogenic shock or new or worsening New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class IV heart failure within 30 days. Secondary endpoints i...
Source: MDDI - October 11, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Cardiovascular Business Source Type: news
MCI Linked to Lower Use of Cardiac Catheterization in AMI
Patients with preexisting MCI have lower use of cardiac catheterization, coronary revascularization (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - September 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Cardiology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news
MCI Linked to Lower Use of Cardiac Catheterization in AMI
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2019 -- Preexisting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is associated with a lower use of cardiac catheterization and coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a study published online Aug. 13 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 13, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How to Evaluate a Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Program
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - September 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: md141 at duke.edu Source Type: news
New heart and vascular tower expands cardiovascular, radiology services (video)
Atrium Health Cabarrus opened a new heart and vascular tower in August, increasing access to specialized care for patients across the region. The 163,000 square-foot building is part of a multi-year modernization project to transform the Cabarrus campus.
The state-of-the-art facility houses Atrium Health’s Sanger Heart& Vascular Institute services and interventional radiology services, offering new cardiac catheterization labs, electrophysiology labs, pre-and-post op care services, and a cardiovascular … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 1, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
New heart and vascular tower expands cardiovascular, radiology services (video)
Atrium Health Cabarrus opened a new heart and vascular tower in August, increasing access to specialized care for patients across the region. The 163,000 square-foot building is part of a multi-year modernization project to transform the Cabarrus campus.
The state-of-the-art facility houses Atrium Health’s Sanger Heart& Vascular Institute services and interventional radiology services, offering new cardiac catheterization labs, electrophysiology labs, pre-and-post op care services, and a cardiovascular … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 1, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Philips asserts it has no intention of buying Corindus
Royal Philips said that it has no intention of acquiring robotic catheterization...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Corindus taps new VP of global medical affairs
Corindus lands new approval for CorPath (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 12, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Siemens to buy cardiac cath firm Corindus for $1.1B
Siemens Healthineers has reached an agreement to buy robotic catheterization...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Siemens launches remote coaching service for MRI (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 9, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
PHOTOS: Efficiency key to Concord's new $115M heart and vascular tower
Atrium Health is set to open a $115.2 million heart and vascular tower to patients at its Concord hospital in mid-August.
It's part of a larger modernization project at Atrium Health-Northeast. The 163,000-square-foot building will house Sanger Heart& Vascular Institute services, interventional radiology, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology labs and a cardiac intensive care unit.
Top of mind at this facility was efficiency, said Dr. Geoffrey Rose, chief of adult cardiology at Sanger Heart… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 29, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Caroline Hudson Source Type: news
PHOTOS: Efficiency key to Atrium Health's new $115M heart and vascular tower
Atrium Health is set to open a $115.2 million heart and vascular tower to patients at its Concord hospital in mid-August.
It's part of a larger modernization project at Atrium Health-Northeast. The 163,000-square-foot building will house Sanger Heart& Vascular Institute services, interventional radiology, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology labs and a cardiac intensive care unit.
Top of mind at this facility was efficiency, said Dr. Geoffrey Rose, chief of adult cardiology at Sanger Heart… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 26, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Caroline Hudson Source Type: news
