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Frozen Elephant Trunk in Aortic Arch Disease: Different Devices for Different Pathologies
Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Oct 12;57(10):1090. doi: 10.3390/medicina57101090.ABSTRACTThe frozen elephant trunk technique (FET) requires the use of a pre-assembled hybrid prosthesis consisting of a standard Dacron vascular portion to replace the aortic arch and a stent graft component, which is placed into the proximal descending thoracic aorta (DTA) anterogradely in the proximal descending thoracic aorta. In Europe, two hybrid prostheses are available: the E-evita Open Plus hybrid stent graft system provided by JOTEC (Hechingen, Germany) and the ThoraflexTM Hybrid (Vascutek, Inchinnan Scotland). Recommendations for use are ex...
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - October 23, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Carlo Mariani Giacomo Murana Alessandro Leone Luca Di Marco Davide Pacini Source Type: research

Trends in cardiovascular disease in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study
Conclusions The excess burden of CVD in veterans which was evident at the end of 2012 has reduced in the following 5 years from 23% to 16% overall. The increased risk continues to affect only those veterans born prior to 1960, suggesting that improvements in military health promotion since 1978, when veterans born from 1960 joined the armed forces, have had an important and ongoing beneficial effect on the long-term health of veterans.
Source: BMJ Open - July 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bergman, B. P., Mackay, D. F., Pell, J. P. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research

When the cupboard is bare: Impact of low pay revealed by conference
On a busy opening day of UNISON’s women’s conference – held virtually because of the continuing pandemic – delegates worked hard to ensure they have every chance of getting through the entire agenda. Irene Graham from Northern Ireland told delegates about that region’s relaunch of the Feminist Recover Plan, which highlights the effects of both the pandemic and Brexit on women. Conference voted to support the region’s plan and called on the national committee to use it as a model to shape its future work. Describing the struggle low-paid women workers have to survive on “on the hamster wheel of life”, Laura ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - February 18, 2022 Category: Food Science Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News 2022 National Womens Conference Source Type: news

Ticagrelor monotherapy versus aspirin monotherapy at 12 months after percutaneous coronary intervention: a landmark analysis of the GLOBAL LEADERS trial
CONCLUSIONS: Patients free from events at the end of the first year post-PCI and who adhered to their prescribed regimen had a reduced risk of ischaemic events compared to aspirin monotherapy in the second year post-PCI.CLINICALTRIALS: gov: NCT01813435.PMID:35260381 | DOI:10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00870
Source: EuroIntervention - March 9, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Masafumi Ono Hironori Hara Hideyuki Kawashima Chao Gao Rutao Wang Joanna J Wykrzykowska Jan J Piek Scot Garg Christian Hamm Philippe Gabriel Steg Marco Valgimigli Stephan Windecker Pascal Vranckx Yoshinobu Onuma Patrick W Serruys Source Type: research

006 A novel approach in the management of functional neurological disorder in the hyper-acute setting
Conclusion An acute FND pathway can provide timely intervention and reduce symptoms for new presentations with FND. 1. Stepped care for functional neurological disorder, A new approach to improving outcomes for a common neurological problem in Scotland. Report and Recommendations, NHS Improvement, February 2012
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - August 12, 2022 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Shivji, D., Petrochilos, P., Balaratnam, M., Lane, C., Nicholson, C., See, I., Alim-Marvasti, A.-J., Chandratheva, A., Simister, R., Haider, S. Tags: Poster presentations Source Type: research

Thousands at risk of heart attacks due to Covid disruption, experts warn
Patients in England, Scotland and Wales missed out on starting blood pressure-lowering drugs, British Heart Foundation saysThousands of people are at risk of avoidable heart attacks and strokes, experts have warned, after nearly 500,000 people in England, Scotland and Wales missed out on starting blood pressure-lowering drugs during the pandemic.Researchers said that thousands of people could suffer a preventable cardiovascular event because they did not start taking vital medications known to stave off deadly heart and circulatory diseases amid the Covid related disruption to healthcare.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Heart attack Coronavirus Science UK news Stroke Voluntary sector NHS Source Type: news

Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats
LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS— When a Dutch nurse named Lucia de Berk stood trial for serial murder in 2003, statistician Richard Gill was aware of the case. But he saw no reason to stick his nose into it. De Berk was a pediatric nurse at Juliana Children’s Hospital in The Hague. In 2001, after a baby died while she was on duty, a colleague told superiors that De Berk had been present at a suspiciously high number of deaths and resuscitations. Hospital staff immediately informed the police. When investigators reexamined records from De Berk’s shifts, they found 10 suspicious incidents. Three other hospitals where D...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Blackford and Brainomix partner on AI for stroke care
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developers Blackford and Brainomix hav...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Bayer buys Scottish radiology AI firm Blackford Analysis Blackford inks partnership with Bialogics Brainomix, Bridge Biotherapeutics partner Blackford, Us2.ai partnering on echo technology Funding for imaging AI companies tops $1.2B
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 25, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news