The Most Exciting New Advances in Managing COPD
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, is the world’s preeminent COPD research and advocacy organization. Founded in 1997 in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization, one of GOLD’s stated aims is to “improve prevention and treatment of this lung disease.”
In its 2023 global strategy report, GOLD changed its definition of COPD—which many in the profession viewed as overdue. Specifically, the new definition emphasized the heterogeneity of COPD in terms of its underlying drivers and long-term disease course.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Tanzania: BMH Performs Highly-Specialized Artificial Heart Valve Surgery
[Daily News] The Dodoma-based Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) has successfully managed to perform the highly-specialized artificial heart valve surgery (HVS), making it to become the second health facility in the country to roll out the key life-serving surgery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Hospital CEO Died After Surgery, Lawsuit Follows; Doc Sues Over Noncompete
(MedPage Today) -- A hospital CEO died after heart surgery, and now her family is suing the University of Chicago Health System for negligence. Surgeons recommended a heart valve repair using a "minimally invasive robotic procedure," but the family... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
TAVR Pioneer Dies; Allograft Rejection Criteria Need Work; Overeating Protein & CVD
(MedPage Today) -- Alain Cribier, MD, who performed the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in 2002, died last week at age 79, the American College of Cardiology announced.
Higher lipoprotein(a) went hand in hand with increased... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 20, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Cardiology's Quantum Leap: FDA's Advisory Panel Gives Thumbs Up To Abbott's Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Repair Device
Tuesday, the FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee for the FDA confirmed 13 to 1, with 0 abstention, that the benefits of Abbott Laboratories ABT TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system outweighed the risks to treat tricuspid regurgitation…#fda #abbottlaboratories #abttriclip #abbott #triclip #mitraclip #amplatzerpiccolo #navitor #abt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Use of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Up in Adults Younger Than 60
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 -- For patients aged younger than 60 years, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasingly used and has overtaken surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), despite significantly better survival rates for SAVR,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 13, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Caution Raised for Post-TAVR Cardiac Surgeries
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- The early experience of patients needing cardiac surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has surgeons raising the alarm about the excess risks of these challenging procedures, based on data... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - January 29, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
'Tootsie Roll' Introduced for Leaky Transcatheter Heart Valves
(MedPage Today) -- Operators reported the initial success of a novel transcatheter technique for treating complex paravalvular leaks (PVLs) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) in... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 19, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Temporary Higher Stroke Rate After TAVR Temporary Higher Stroke Rate After TAVR
The risk for stroke is elevated in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement but only for up to 2 years.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - January 11, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Warfarin Cuts Mortality, Thromboembolism After Valve Replacement
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 -- Warfarin use after bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve replacement (sAVR) is associated with lower all-cause mortality and a decreased risk for thromboembolism compared with not receiving warfarin, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 4, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CardioMech secures $13 million for clinical trial of heart valve device
CardioMech is developing a heart valve repair device that treats degenerative mitral regurgitation, a cardiovascular ailment usually treated by open-heart surgery. It plans to open a clinical trial early next year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Alyxandra Sego Source Type: news
Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- The newborn that received the world's first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team.
Born with type A2 persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - January 2, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Warfarin Tied to Benefit After SAVR Warfarin Tied to Benefit After SAVR
Treatment with warfarin early after bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve replacement is associated with lower mortality and thromboembolism risk but increased major bleeding events.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - December 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Noninvasive Ultrasound Benefits Calcified Aortic Valves Noninvasive Ultrasound Benefits Calcified Aortic Valves
A recently developed technique reduces calcification by as much as 20% and could provide an alternative to valve replacement for some patients.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - December 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Increase in CCTA exams expected to mirror TAVR growth trend
A steady increase in the volume of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) exams is occurring, especially at mid- to high-level community hospitals across the country. In fact, a review 3DR Labs conducted in August showed a 44% increase in CCTA cases over 12 months.The growth began shortly after the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association's (AHA) committee on clinical practice guidelines issued its Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain in October 2021. The guideline recommended CCTA as a first-line tool for both emergent and non-emergent evaluation of chest pain, and it worked to persuade ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 26, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Stephanie Hosbrook, Robert Falk, MD Tags: Subspecialties Cardiovascular Radiology Source Type: news