Multidisciplinary teams tackle advanced heart issues at TriHealth ’s Bethesda North Hospital
A heart failure diagnosis can be frightening for many patients. But TriHealth ’s Advanced Heart Failure program is in the business of offering hope for that diagnosis, according to Dr. Sateesh Kesari, advanced heart failure transplant cardiologist with TriHealth, in this episode of the Getting Health Care Right podcast.
“The reality is, there’s a 50%, five-year mortali ty associated with that (diagnosis), similar to what we see with cancer,” says Kesari. “But there are a lot of great therapies… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 19, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: TriHealth Source Type: news
Heart Transplant Survival Affected With COVID-19-Positive Donor Organs
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 -- Heart transplant (HT) recipients from donors with active COVID-19 have increased mortality at six months and one year, while survival is similar for recently resolved COVID-19 donors and non-COVID-19 donors, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
AI tool could improve heart attack diagnosis
Clinicians could soon use an algorithm developed using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the speed and accuracy of heart attack diagnosis in emergency departments, new research has shown. The ability to quickly rule out a heart attack dramatically reduces hospital admissions, and the new tool, which was found to have an accuracy of 99.6 per... Read moreThe post AI tool could improve heart attack diagnosis appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - May 18, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Cardiology artificial intelligence heart disease Source Type: news
Heart Transplants From Active COVID Donors Linked With Higher Mortality
(MedPage Today) -- Adult heart transplant recipients from donors with active COVID-19 infection had higher mortality at 6 months and at 1 year than those with transplants from donors who had either a recently resolved COVID case or did not have... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - May 17, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
One Heart Defect, Many Lives One Heart Defect, Many Lives
A young heart transplant recipient describes her experience growing up with a heart defect.Pediatric Nursing (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - May 17, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners
Continued consumption doesn ’t reduce weight and could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults, the W.H.O. said on Monday. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: April Rubin Tags: Diabetes Diet and Nutrition Artificial Sweeteners Weight Heart Food Sugar World Health Organization Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Source Type: news
When does life end? New organ donation strategy fuels debate
On a chilly holiday Monday in January 2020, a medical milestone passed largely unnoticed. In a New York City operating room, surgeons gently removed the heart from a 43-year-old man who had died and shuttled it steps away to a patient in desperate need of a new one.
More than 3500 people in the United States receive a new heart each year. But this case was different—the first of its kind in the country. “It took us 6 months to prepare,” says Nader Moazami, surgical head of heart transplantation at New York University (NYU) Langone Health, where the operation took place. The run-up included oversight from an eth...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
My heart WILL go on: 'Surreal' moment transplant recipient, 38, is reunited with her OLD organ
Jennifer Sutton, Ringwood, Hampshire, was able to be reunited with her once vital organ as her heart was removed in a transplant operation 16 years ago. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHA News:'Grief Is Not On Anyone Else's Timeline': The Varied Experiences of Coping With Loss
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Kyme Holman-Williamson was always close to her older brother, Eddie. So when she learned he needed a heart transplant, she immediately prepared a room for him in her Maryland home, where she... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
AI model estimates mortality risk on SPECT heart exams
An artificial intelligence (AI) model designed for SPECT heart imaging may b...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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AI analysis of SPECT MPI scans can predict future cardiac events (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - May 8, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI Invasion: Hollywood Writers Strike to Save Your Netflix From Robot Takeover
At the heart of the latest writers' strike is a small clause revolving around the use of artificial intelligence. Specifically, preventing the machines from writing any “literary material.” And as of Monday, studios have rejected the proposal, per the Writers Guild of America West (WGA). The WGA…#wga #adamconover #mba #leighbrecheen #brecheen #silverthompsonllp #ip #hollywood #richardthompson #thompson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Regenerative medicine paves the way for a heart transplant
Travis Kelchen's path to a regenerative intervention at Mayo Clinic began when he was on vacation in the Dominican Republic and could barely walk at his brother's wedding. At 31, he was tired, winded and losing color. Within months, his cardiologist said he could not do anything more for Travis' congenital heart defect and referred him to Mayo Clinic. Travis arrived at Mayo just in time: His failing heart went into cardiac arrest. Whether it… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - May 5, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Heart Disease Screening Showed No Kidney Transplant Benefit Heart Disease Screening Showed No Kidney Transplant Benefit
Screening for coronary heart disease in asymptomatic, low-risk people listed for a kidney transplant often happens in US practice, but evidence showing it helps is lacking.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Gene-edited cells move science closer to repairing damaged hearts
New research offers a path toward transplants that can fix damage from a heart attack without causing life-threatening arrhythmias. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Johnson Source Type: news
'I was told my heart might fail within a year'
BBC journalist Chris Slegg explains the impact of learning he might need a heart transplant aged 43. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
