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FDA OKs High-Flow Impella Percutaneous Heart Pump

Sep 10, 2012

Abiomed, Inc, a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new percutaneous, c...

Long-Term PCI Outcomes in Younger Adults

Sep 06, 2012

Italian investigators have found that both long- and short-term results in patients aged 40 and younger appear to be excellent with PCI in individuals with premature coronary artery disease. In this a...

Avenue L Lateral Lumbar Cage System Receives FDA Clearance

Sep 04, 2012

LDR, a privately held medical device company offering innovative spinal implants for both non-fusion and fusion applications, announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Foo...

Comorbidities in Hip Fracture: Costs & Improving Care Delivery

Aug 29, 2012

More than 250,000 hip fractures occur annu­ally in the United States, and the incidence is expected to increase among the elderly as society continues to outlive previous generations. Hip fractures h...

FDA Clears First Vascular Access Product With BioFlo Technology to Reduce Catheter-Related Thrombus

Aug 29, 2012

AngioDynamics, a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Admin...

Covidien Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for iDrive Ultra Powered Stapling System

Aug 28, 2012

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, announced today that it has obtained 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the iDrive™ Ultra powered stapl...

NY Hospital Installs Hand-Washing Cam

Aug 27, 2012

Doctors and nurses in the ICU at Long Island’s North Shore University Hospital are being watched by 39 video cameras in an effort to increase compliance with hand washing. According to a report, han...

Looking at Alcohol Use Disorders Among Surgeons

Aug 23, 2012

The prevalence of substance use disorders in the United States has been well documented in published research. Nearly 8% to 12% of Americans aged 12 and older meet criteria for alcohol abuse or depend...

Investigating Referrals for ICDs

Aug 23, 2012

The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society have published guidelines that provide patient selection criteria for the use of implantable cardioverter-defib...

Revascularizing Occluded Arteries: Assessing the Influence of Guidelines

Aug 23, 2012

The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) was a large, randomized controlled study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute that tested routine percutaneous recanalization of persistently totally...

The True Costs of Alienating Patients

Aug 23, 2012

As healthcare costs rise, patients are demanding a higher level of service. This expectation goes beyond the bedside and includes everything from registration to final statements. Every individual inv...

Discussions on Medical Imaging Risks

Aug 23, 2012

A national survey has found that 71% of physicians reported that they educated patients 25% of the time or less about radiation risks when they ordered CT tests. Only 27% reported feeling comfortable ...

How Patients Perceive Prescription Drug Warnings

Aug 22, 2012

A study from researchers in the United States suggests that many patients do not pay attention to prescription warning labels. This effect was more pronounced for older than younger participants. The ...

Managing Pulmonary Embolism in the ED

Aug 16, 2012

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE), is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death among Americans and is especially fatal if these events go undiagnosed ...

Preventing Paralysis During Spinal Surgery

Aug 16, 2012

Paraparesis, paraplegia, and quadriplegia are potential complications of spinal cord surgeries or procedures that put the spinal cord at risk. Intraoperative monitoring can alert surgeons and anesthes...

Current Status of Preventive Cardiology Training

Aug 16, 2012

Most cardiology training programs in the United States do not appear to adhere to basic preventive cardiovascular medicine Core Cardiovascular Training Symposium guidelines, according to survey findin...

Specialist Participation in Breast Cancer Decisions

Aug 16, 2012

Radiation oncologists appear to be left out of the decision-making process by other physicians who are treating patients with breast cancer, according to survey results. The analysis showed that 27.9%...

Testosterone Promising in Heart Failure

Aug 16, 2012

A review of four small trials suggests that testosterone therapy appears to improve functional capacity in heart failure patients when compared with placebo. However, better powered randomized control...

Subclinical Hyperthyroidism-Associated Risks

Aug 16, 2012

Endogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism appears to be associated with increased risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and incident atrial fibrillation (AF). A large international investigatio...

Quitting Smoking: 10-Year Trends

Aug 15, 2012

The CDC analyzed data on smoking cessation among 27,157 United States adults between 2001 and 2010. The analysis revealed the following: ...

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