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Penn Study Identifies Patients Most at-Risk for Secondary Strokes 29 Jan 2006
..."Stenting and angioplasty in the brain are promising treatments for intracranial stenosis, and this study identified the target group for a new trial comparing ...
- DG News
Mark Kreidler: Overstepping their bounds? 29 Jan 2006
The Kings' season had just ended with a disappointing first-round playoff loss to Seattle, and Petrie had just undergone an angioplasty procedure and was laid ...
- Sacramento Bee,
Please check back 29 Jan 2006
Interventions include medications that dissolve blood clots, a balloon angioplasty that opens a narrowed artery, a stent insertion, which helps to keep an ...
- SouthCoastToday.com,
Voice of 'Bows' baseball well into extra innings 29 Jan 2006
Only an angioplasty and commitments to hosting the Easter Seals Telethon and Pro Bowl have kept him away from microphone. But never for long. ...
- Honolulu Advertiser,
Study praises angioplasty over drugs Jan 25, 2006
A large study has found that heart attack victims are less likely to die in hospitals where angioplasty, the insertion of a catheter into the coronary artery ...
- International Herald Tribune,
Angioplasty: Will balloon replace stent? Jan 24, 2006
MIAMI, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Researchers said Tuesday that applying drug coating to an angioplasty balloon might remove the need for a stent. ...
- United Press International
Outcomes: For Heart Treatment, Nod Goes to Angioplasty Jan 23, 2006
A large study has found that heart attack victims are less likely to die in hospitals where angioplasty is the usual emergency treatment rather than clot ...
- New York Times,
Angioplasty Works Best When Hospitals Use It Most Jan 16, 2006
16 (HealthDay News) -- Studies have shown that the artery-opening procedure called angioplasty is the best emergency treatment for a heart attack, rather than ...
- Forbes
Angioplasty Done Right Jan 16, 2006
...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's considered one of the best treatments for a heart attack, but not all hospitals automatically give an angioplasty in emergency ...
- Ivanhoe,
Understanding balloon angioplasty Jan 14, 2006
An angioplasty (angio = blood vessel; plasty = repair) is the common term given to a whole range of percutaneous (done via a puncture through the skin ...
- Malaysia Star,
Heart Attack Patients Do Better at Hospitals Specializing in ... Jan 17, 2006
17 - Practice, repetition, and a commitment to primary angioplasty can shave life-saving minutes off the time to coronary revascularization for patients with ...
- MedPage Today,
PM to undergo angioplasty Thursday Jan 1, 2006
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will undergo cardiac angioplasty on Thursday due to a congenital heart defect, Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital officials said Sunday. ...
- Ynetnews,
Angioplasty Best for Heart Attack Survival Dec 28, 2005
28 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency angioplasty to reopen a blocked artery is the best thing to do when clot-dissolving therapy doesn't work for a heart attack ...
- Forbes
Angioplasty or surgery ups heart failure survival Jan 6, 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of people with severe heart failure, those treated early with angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery to improve blood ...
- Reuters
Emil Jones undergoes angioplasty Jan 3, 2006
Senate President Emil Jones underwent an angioplasty at a Chicago hospital Tuesday to unclog a partially blocked right coronary artery, and doctors expected ...
- Chicago Sun-Times,
Senate chief undergoes angioplasty Jan 4, 2006
SPRINGFIELD -- Senate President Emil Jones underwent a successful angioplasty Tuesday to clear a "minor" blockage in his right coronary artery, his office said ...
- Chicago Sun-Times,
Senate chief has angioplasty Jan 4, 2006
...underwent an angioplasty Tuesday to clear a partially clogged heart artery after experiencing tightness in his chest over the weekend, according to a ...
- Chicago Tribune,
Ill. Senate pres. undergoes angioplasty Jan 3, 2006
Sharon to have heart surgery (January 2, 2006) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is scheduled for heart surgery on Thursday, it was reported Monday. ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Ill. Senate pres. undergoes angioplasty Jan 3, 2006
3 (UPI) -- Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr., D-Chicago, underwent an angioplasty Tuesday to clear a minor blockage in his right coronary artery, a ...
- United Press International
Illinois Senate chief undergoes angioplasty Jan 4, 2006
CHICAGO (AP) — Senate President Emil Jones underwent an angioplasty at a Chicago hospital Tuesday to unclog a partially blocked right coronary artery. ...
- Quad City Times,
Illinois State Senate President Undergoes Angioplasty Jan 3, 2006
CHICAGO (AP) -- A spokeswoman says Illinois Senate President Emil Jones is recovering after undergoing angioplasty today. Spokeswoman ...
- KSDK,
Jones Continues To Recover From Angioplasty Jan 4, 2006
...(AP) CHICAGO A spokeswoman says Illinois Senate President Emil Jones continues to recover today from an angioplasty to unclog a partially clogged coronary ...
- CBS2 Chicago,
Senate boss has angioplasty Jan 5, 2006
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Senate President Emil Jones underwent an angioplasty Tuesday, but is expected to be ready for work when the General Assembly returns to ...
- Lincoln Courier,
Senate president to return for session after angioplasty Jan 4, 2006
...week. Jones, 70, had a balloon angioplasty performed to clear what was described as a "minor block" in his right coronary artery. ...
- Springfield State Journal Register,
Jones Released From Hospital After Angioplasty Jan 4, 2006
...(CBS) CHICAGO Senate President Emil Jones was released from the hospital Wednesday, a day after undergoing angioplasty. Jones had ...
- CBS2 Chicago,
Emil Jones Sent Home After Angioplasty Jan 5, 2006
The 70-year-old lawmaker was sent home Wednesday after undergoing an angioplasty on Tuesday. Doctors at the University of Chicago ...
- CBS2 Chicago,
Emergency angioplasty patients do best at hospitals where it's the ... Jan 16, 2006
Across America, hospitals large and small have been racing to offer angioplasty and other minimally invasive treatments to open blocked heart arteries. ...
- EurekAlert (press release),
Emergency bypass surgery on angioplasty patients drops 90 percent Jan 1, 2006
A study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, has shown when life-threatening problems occur during angioplasty procedures, doctors ...
- Xagena.it,
Angioplasty Saves the Day After Failed Thrombolysis for MI Dec 28, 2005
If thrombolytic therapy for an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) fails at the first attempt, the best course of action may be an immediate rescue angioplasty. ...
- MedPage Today,
Angioplasty is a Better Option Jan 3, 2006
Research, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, on 427 patients was carried out which stated that angioplasty is a better option when the clot ...
- HeartZine,
Drug-Coated Balloon Replaces Stent Jan 26, 2006
...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Angioplasty balloons sprayed with a chemotherapeutic agent keep narrowed leg arteries open, avoiding the use of a stent altogether ...
- Ivanhoe,
Opening Blocked Arteries with Drug Coating but No Stent Jan 25, 2006
IL -- January 25, 2006 -- In a new twist on combining drugs and minimally invasive therapy, early research suggests drug-coated angioplasty balloons keeps ...
- DG News
FDA Backs Novel Drug for Angina Jan 27, 2006
Existing drugs, as well as angioplasty and stenting to open arteries, reduce the number of episodes but often do not eliminate them. ...
- New York Times,
For a heart attack, angioplasty might be best choice Jan 17, 2006
January 17, 2006 - It's considered one of the best treatments for a heart attack, but not all hospitals automatically give an angioplasty in emergency ...
- ABC7Chicago.com,
Heart Attack Patients Do Best at Hospitals That Specialize Jan 17, 2006
ANN ARBOR, MI -- January 17, 2006 -- Across America, hospitals large and small have been racing to offer angioplasty and other minimally invasive treatments to ...
- DG News
Angioplasty best for heart attack survival Dec 28, 2005
Emergency angioplasty to reopen a blocked artery is the best thing to do when clot-dissolving therapy doesn't work for a heart attack, British cardiologists ...
- WTOP,
New finding on angioplasty Jan 9, 2006
In a study of people with severe heart failure, those treated early with angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery to improve blood flow to the heart had ...
- Trade Arabia,
Ill. Senate President 'Doing Well' After Angioplasty Jan 3, 2006
CHICAGO -- Senate President Emil Jones underwent an angioplasty at a Chicago hospital Tuesday to unclog a partially blocked right coronary artery, and doctors ...
- NBC5.com,
Jones continues to recover from angioplasty Jan 4, 2006
CHICAGO A spokeswoman says Illinois Senate President Emil (EE'-mil) Jones continues to recover today from an angioplasty to unclog a partially clogged coronary ...
- WQAD,
ISET: Drug-Coated Catheters Keep Leg Arteries Patent Jan 27, 2006
...to the intima of peripheral arteries by catheter appears in preliminary studies to offer the prospect of long-term treatment by angioplasty of stenosed leg ...
- MedPage Today,
Heart Attack Patients Do Best at Hospitals That Specialize Jan 16, 2006
Newswise — Across America, hospitals large and small have been racing to offer angioplasty and other minimally invasive treatments to open blocked heart ...
- Newswise (press release)
Emergency Angioplasty Patients Do Best At Hospitals Where It's The ... Jan 18, 2006
...heart attack patients get artery-opening procedures instead of drugs Across America, hospitals large and small have been racing to offer angioplasty and other ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
New catheter keeps leg arteries open Jan 25, 2006
So far, scientists have been frustrated in attempts to keep leg arteries open after angioplasty -- the catheter-based system in which balloons at the tip of ...
- Monsters and Critics.com,
New catheter keeps leg arteries open Jan 25, 2006
...in Natick, Mass., announced a voluntary recall Thursday of 40,000 of its products used in angioplasty procedures. Being ... > full story. ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Hospital eager to keep heart patients in town Jan 15, 2006
...of-town trip was what Lawrence Memorial Hospital doctors had to prescribe for patients needing the increasingly common procedure of angioplasty, which widens ...
- Lawrence Journal World,
Hofreuter's Future Plans Still Unclear Jan 27, 2006
During his tenure, Hofreuter brought open heart surgery and angioplasty to Wheeling Hospital, brought five community hospitals under Wheeling Hospital's ...
- WTOV9.com,
Statewide Effort Under Way To Help Heart Patients Get Rapid ... Jan 25, 2006
It begins in EMS units as crews evaluate which patients need angioplasty or clot-busting drugs to restore blood flow to the heart. ...
- WRAL.com,
Omega-3s: Cut cancer risk? Jan 28, 2006
...evidence indicating that fish oil can help lower high blood pressure slightly, may reduce risk of coronary artery re-blockage after angioplasty, may increase ...
- myDNA.com,
Hospital offers lectures, dance Jan 27, 2006
...the cardiac rehabilitation program designed for patients who have experienced a heart attack, coronary artery bypass grafting, and angioplasty or valve ...
- Bolton Common,
Specialized sites best for heart attack Jan 16, 2006
But this practice of "part time" emergency angioplasty might be riskier for patients, and such patients may be in better hands if taken to hospitals that ...
- United Press International
Guidant reports lower sales, profit for fourth quarter Jan 27, 2006
...$134 million. The company's coronary stent sales declined 6% to $117 million as angioplasty devices fell 6% to $113 million. Only ...
- Investor's Business Daily (subscription)
Guidant Reports Fourth Quarter Sales of $828 Million; Full Year ... Jan 27, 2006
Worldwide angioplasty system sales decreased 6 percent to $113 million. ... Worldwide angioplasty system sales decreased 4 percent to $436 million. ...
- Business Wire (press release),
What's the future of heart disease treatment? Jan 25, 2006
In the US more than a million people a year are treated with angioplasty — generally, a tiny balloon is threaded through a catheter near the groin and ...
- MSNBC
Great Technology Yes, But Diet And Exercise First Jan 16, 2006
In the past, the state of Connecticut has only allowed angioplasty to occur in hospitals that had the capability of performing coronary artery bypass surgery. ...
- TheDay (subscription),
What's J&J's Next Target? Jan 25, 2006
STENT OUT OF SHAPE. Also, St. Jude is not a player in the market for stents, devices used to prop open arteries after angioplasty. ...
- BusinessWeek
Abbott has winning hand on Guidant Jan 26, 2006
...more than $1 billion in annual revenue, including other devices such as catheters, guide wires and so-called "balloons" used in angioplasty procedures used to ...
- Chicago Tribune,
Doctors Say Widely Used Clotting Drug Raises Stroke Risk Jan 25, 2006
The team enrolled 4,374 patients at 69 medical centers who were undergoing surgery to reopen a blocked artery — typically angioplasty. ...
- Los Angeles Times,
Heart disease and rise in testing don't match up Jan 25, 2006
...to 2001. In addition, rates of angioplasty, a common treatment for blocked coronary arteries, rose during the study period. By contrast ...
- Reuters.uk,
Boston Sci lands Guidant Jan 26, 2006
...medical devices on the market, are small implantable metal mesh tubes that prop open a patient's arteries after they have been cleared by angioplasty; they run ...
- Pioneer Press,
An Embattled Mayor Jan 26, 2006
Because of it's location and because of the fact that it had an 80 percent blockage, it looked like it was available to be treated with angioplasty and stent.". ...
- KELOLAND TV,
Arteriocyte Begins Stem Cell Study in Heart Disease Jan 26, 2006
Cleveland. The study will involve 10 patients who are not candidates for existing treatments such as angioplasty or stent placement. ...
- International News Service,
Medical panel presses for survey Jan 24, 2006
A major impetus for the board's formation last year was the lack of emergency angioplasty at Good Samaritan Medical Center. Though ...
- Palm Beach Daily News,
A matter of the heart Jan 27, 2006
...significantly blocked. She underwent an angioplasty and a surgeon placed two stents to keep her arteries from re-clogging. But the ...
- Cincinnati Enquirer,
Diabetes complications rooted in faulty cell repair Jan 26, 2006
In the future, for example, patients with diabetes and atherosclerosis who require angioplasty might receive injections of their own repair cells. ...
- Innovations-Report,
Schuler to play football for USF Jan 26, 2006
...improvement. An angioplasty procedure at the Mayo Clinic alleviated the problem, and Schuler claims the blood clot issue hasn't returned. ...
- Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
Comparison shopping moves to medicine Jan 22, 2006
Oregon Health Policy and Research, makes it easy to compare hospital death rates for a few procedures and conditions, such as balloon angioplasty, heart bypass ...
- TMCnet
Surgery best when drugs fail to fix heart Dec 28, 2005
US hospitals treat heart attack patients, forcing them to set up arrangements with larger hospitals capable of performing the surgery, known as angioplasty. ...
- Reuters.uk,
Fuzzy right back were he belongs Jan 25, 2006
One reason for last year’s struggles was health related. Prior to the season, Fuzzy received an angioplasty and never really got into a groove. ...
- New Albany Tribune,
Hospital strengthens college ties Jan 27, 2006
It also successfully opened its interventional cardiac program, offering patients both elective and emergency angioplasty in 2005. ...
- Danbury News Times,
Murder case is continued Jan 27, 2006
Johnson Britt had two cardiac catherization and angioplasty surgeries two weeks ago. He is scheduled to begin rehabilitation after a stress test Feb. ...
- Fayetteville Online,
Unknown neighbor was a lifesaver Jan 26, 2006
One of her three main coronary arteries had been almost completely closed. After being treated with an angioplasty, Burke's "cardiac event" was under control. ...
- Ambler Gazette,
Jammu doc bags Padma Shri Jan 27, 2006
2003, Dr Rissam has worked with Prof Alaim Cribier at Universoty of Rouen in France on Interventional Cardiology with emphasis on Coronary Angioplasty and New ...
- GreaterKashmir.com (press release),
Piercing the plaque Jan 25, 2006
To avoid bypass surgery, doctors started using balloon angioplasty to open clogged vessels and installing stents to keep them flowing, but these have ...
- Belleville News-Democrat,
A Healthy Heart Jan 26, 2006
...blocked by calcium deposits. After consulting a cardiologist, he underwent angioplasty and had two stents emplaced. Five years later ...
- Standard-Speaker,
Hospital Wins OK To Expand Heart Care Jan 5, 2006
Stamford Hospital is the latest hospital - and the last for now - to join the ranks of state hospitals allowed to do open-heart surgery and elective angioplasty ...
- Hartford Courant,
Boston Scientific Announces Excellent Results in Study of Patients ... Jan 23, 2006
...rate was compared to a benchmark of 40 percent determined by a literature review of similar endpoints in patients undergoing balloon angioplasty of the renal ...
- PR Newswire (press release),
Surgery prescribed when clot-busting drugs fail Jan 2, 2006
An emergency angioplasty is the optimal treatment for patients’ not responding to clot-dissolving drugs, recent research indicates. ...
- myDNA.com,
LIFELONG HEALTH : Some surgeries in elderly can hurt more than ... Jan 8, 2006
He complained of some shortness of breath, and an angiogram was done followed by angioplasty. ... There are only three indications to elect surgery or angioplasty. ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
Cometh the Eleventh Hour Jan 14, 2006
After under-going an angioplasty in 2004, stories that he had suffered a heart attack quickly spread, but Stewart says they were blown out of proportion. ...
- Scotsman,
UPDATE 2-Boston Scientific beats J&J in battle for Guidant Jan 25, 2006
The agreement is the latest turn in J&J's 14-month attempt to take control of the maker of implantable heart defibrillators and products used in angioplasty. ...
- Reuters
Boston Scientific beats J&J in battle for Guidant Jan 25, 2006
...agreement is the latest turn in J&J's 14-month attempt to take control of Guidant, a maker of implantable heart defibrillators and products used in angioplasty ...
- Reuters
Boston Scientific beats J&J in battle for Guidant Jan 25, 2006
...the latest turn in J&J's 14-month attempt to take control of Guidant, a maker of implantable heart defibrillators and products used in angioplasty that faces a ...
- ABC News
Study: Omega-3s Won't Ward Off Cancer Jan 24, 2006
..."There is some evidence it may lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of coronary artery reblockage after angioplasty, and increase exercise capacity among ...
- FOX News
Madigan: Hike charity health care Jan 23, 2006
...on the high end, with incomes at 250 percent of federal poverty limits, would pay only 35 percent of the cost of their sinus surgery, angioplasty or whatever ...
- Chicago Sun-Times,
Charity campaign is a fight close to your heart Jan 23, 2006
This research led to the first UK heart transplants, the development of heart valves and research into the field of angioplasty. ...
- Scotsman,
Boston Scientific Stent Lowers Kidney Clogs Jan 23, 2006
...rates significantly to 21.3 percent, compared with a benchmark rate of 40 percent according to literature on the procedure using balloon angioplasty to clear ...
- MSN Money
Heart patients 'will die waiting' Jan 17, 2006
This includes angiograms to detect narrowed arteries and angioplasty – usually at the same time – to open arteries. Dr Powell ...
- Stuff.co.nz,
Erectile Dysfunction Predicts Coronary Heart Disease Jan 24, 2006
...were common: 26.7% had diabetes, 59.7% had hypertension, and 21.3% had previous coronary revascularization, either percutaneous angioplasty or coronary artery ...
- MedPage Today,
DMC achieves a 5-star rating Jan 24, 2006
Patients had better odds of surviving angioplasty and stent procedures at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto than at any other hospital in the state, according ...
- Modesto Bee,
Beating the heart attack risk Jan 24, 2006
Early treatment of artery blockage with angioplasty or stenting salvaged more heart muscle in women than men, according to one study Hayes cited. ...
- Ocala.com,
Alexion Fails Heart Drug Trial 23 Nov 2005
...trial of the drug. That trial is investigating pexelizumab impact on reducing heart attacks after angioplasty. The trial has enrolled ...
- Red Herring,
Empiricus: our clinical journal commentator 23 Nov 2005
Transferring patients with an MI to a hospital able to perform emergency angioplasty and stenting is an alternative to thrombolysis in bigger cities, but ...
- AustralianDoctor.com (subscription),
Alexion's Heart Drug Fizzles In Second Phase III CABG Study 23 Nov 2005
Phase III study, known as APEX-AMI, is testing pexelizumab in heart-attack patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention, or angioplasty. ...
- BioWorld Online (subscription),
University Hospitals connects 23 Nov 2005
The American Heart Association recommends that a patient undergo an angioplasty within 90 minutes of entering a hospital with a heart attack, Brennan said. ...
- Iowa City Press Citizen,
Device Helps Heart Pump 23 Nov 2005
The main treatments are thrombolytic therapy -- a "clot-busting" method -- medications, and special procedures, such as angioplasty and coronary artery bypass ...
- WFtv.com,
Wider use of cholesterol lowering drug could save thousands of ... 23 Nov 2005
Patients who have had heart attacks, balloon angioplasty, or bypass surgery would need to have their LDL cholesterol extremely low (below 70 mg/dL). ...
- ClickPress (press release),
Medical tourism booming in Asia 23 Nov 2005
...with other health destinations in Asia. "If I talk about angioplasty, in the US it's costing $30 000. At Max Healthcare, it costs ...
- Independent Online,
Angioplasty procedure now available at hospital Nov 21, 2005
A carotid artery angioplasty procedure was done for the first time Nov. 10 at Foote Hospital. It was performed by Dr. Jashu R. Patel, a Jackson cardiologist. ...
- MLive.com,
Stents face scrutiny over blood clotting concerns Nov 22, 2005
DALLAS - Some doctors are concerned that popular drug-coated stents used in angioplasty may carry a rare but lasting risk of causing dangerous blood clots. ...
- Charlotte Observer,
Chronic stress accelerates atherosclerosis following angioplasty ... Nov 20, 2005
...in animal studies at Georgetown University Medical Center showed that chronic stress can induce rapid blocking of arteries after a balloon angioplasty procedure ...
- Xagena.it,
Angioplasty becoming outpatient procedure Nov 13, 2005
New research presented by Canadian researchers Sunday at an American Heart Association conference suggests a new approach to angioplasty makes it safe to send ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
Angioplasty Becoming Outpatient Procedure Nov 13, 2005
It found complications were no greater in people who went home a few hours after having angioplasty than in those who were hospitalized overnight. ...
- CBS News
Drive-Thru Angioplasty On Horizon? Nov 14, 2005
The procedure is angioplasty, one of the most common medical techniques in the world. About 600,000 are done each year in the United States alone. ...
- CBS News
NJ hospitals do battle over angioplasty experiment Nov 13, 2005
...medical study just getting under way aims to answer a question crucial to millions of heart patients: Is it safe to undergo non-emergency angioplasty in their ...
- Newsday,
Same-day angioplasty cuts costs Nov 15, 2005
DALLAS, TX, United States (UPI) -- A new approach that could turn angioplasty -- surgery aimed at clearing blocked arteries -- into a one-day affair could ...
- Monsters and Critics.com,
Study: Same-day angioplasty cuts costs Nov 14, 2005
QUEBEC, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say same-day angioplasty could result in significant cost savings. Study a disappointment ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Angioplasty Could Be One-Day Procedure Nov 14, 2005
A new approach may allow people undergoing angioplasty and stenting -- used for opening up clogged heart arteries -- to get out of the hospital on the same day ...
- FOX News
Angioplasty: In and Out in a Day Nov 13, 2005
...picture? Angioplasty, an extremely common surgery for opening clogged arteries, usually requires a two- to three-day hospital stay. ...
- BusinessWeek
Angioplasty found safe for outpatients Nov 14, 2005
New research presented by Canadian scientists yesterday at an American Heart Association conference suggests a new approach to angioplasty makes it safe. ...
- Kentucky.com,
Same-day angioplasty is safe, heart studies show Nov 14, 2005
It found that complications were no greater in people who went home a few hours after angioplasty than in those hospitalized overnight. ...
- Fort Worth Star Telegram,
New Technique Could Make Angioplasty an Outpatient Procedure Nov 14, 2005
Patients might not like being rushed out the door after an angioplasty. ... Angioplasty is one of the most common medical techniques in the world. ...
- Daily News Central,
Patients Increasingly Sent Home Same Day After Angioplasty Nov 14, 2005
The researchers say they have made modifications to the typical approach to angioplasty which makes it safe to send patients home the same day. ...
- NBC 11.com,
NJ hospitals do battle over angioplasty experiment Nov 13, 2005
Evidence of the safety of doing this, compared with getting angioplasty at a major heart surgery center, is also somewhat limited. ...
- NEPA News,
Outpatient angioplasty growing in popularity Nov 14, 2005
A study of 1,000 patients suggests it's safe to send angioplasty patients home without an overnight stay. Results of the study by ...
- Savannah Morning News,
Study: Same-day angioplasty cuts costs Nov 14, 2005
QUEBEC, QC, Canada (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say same-day angioplasty could result in significant cost savings. But the study ...
- Monsters and Critics.com,
Angioplasty: No More Overnight Stays? Nov 14, 2005
14, 2005 (Dallas) -- A new approach may allow people undergoing angioplasty and stenting -- used for opening up clogged heart arteries -- to get out of the ...
- WebMD
Study backs outpatient angioplasty Nov 14, 2005
Complications were no greater in people who went home a few hours after having angioplasty than in those who were hospitalized overnight, according to the ...
- Arizona Republic,
Same-day angioplasty cuts costs Nov 15, 2005
14 (UPI) -- A new approach that could turn angioplasty -- surgery aimed at clearing blocked arteries -- into a one-day affair could result in significant cost ...
- United Press International
Study: Same-day angioplasty cuts costs Nov 14, 2005
Skeptics noted only one institution has investigated the idea of shorter hospital stays following angioplasty, or stent procedures and whether they might have ...
- Webindia123,
Chronic Stress Accelerates Atherosclerosis Following Angioplasty ... Nov 15, 2005
Chronic stress can induce rapid blocking of arteries after a balloon angioplasty procedure, according to research performed in animal studies at Georgetown ...
- Innovations-Report,
Primary angioplasty in acute ST elevation myocardial infaraction ... Nov 9, 2005
...on data from the literature, it has been suggested that elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction will benefit more from primary angioplasty than from ...
- HeartZine,
Trenton to Let More Clinics Perform Angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
Nine New Jersey hospitals without cardiac surgery units will be allowed to perform elective angioplasty for the first time next year under a decision announced ...
- New York Times,
Rams interim coach Vitt undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - St. Louis Rams interim head coach Joe Vitt reportedly underwent an angioplasty procedure on Monday. ...
- Seattle Post Intelligencer
Rams interim coach undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
The 51-year-old Vitt had an angioplasty around 6 am, but was expected to speak at his regular Monday afternoon news conference, Rams spokesman Duane Lewis said ...
- San Jose Mercury News,
St. Louis Rams interim head coach Joe Vitt undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
The 51-year-old Vitt had an angioplasty early Monday morning, but was expected to speak at his regular afternoon news conference, Rams spokesman Duane Lewis ...
- Canada.com,
VITT UNDERGOES ANGIOPLASTY Oct 31, 2005
...endure some health problems. Vitt, the Rams' interim coach, underwent a routine angioplasty early on Monday morning. The Rams are ...
- Sportinglife.com,
Committee created to fight angioplasty pilot program Oct 26, 2005
...specialists, researchers and professors who object to the state's plan for a pilot program to offer elective, or nonemergency, angioplasty without cardiac ...
- Bridgewater Courier News,
Industry Insider: Rivals object to angioplasty decision Oct 31, 2005
It started last month when a state advisory board recommended six hospitals be allowed to perform angioplasty on a non- emergency basis, despite the fact they ...
- Newark Star Ledger,
Committee for Safe Angioplasty Opposes State's Flawed Heart ... Oct 25, 2005
25, 2005--The Committee for Safe Angioplasty in New Jersey, comprised of noted heart specialists, professors and researchers, has been formed to oppose a ...
- Business Wire (press release),
9 hospitals cleared for angioplasty study Nov 1, 2005
...notified nine New Jersey hospitals that they have been chosen to participate in a study that will allow them to perform non-emergency angioplasty on patients ...
- Newark Star Ledger,
Rams Interim Coach Vitt Undergoes Angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
St. Louis, MO -- St. Louis Rams interim head coach Joe Vitt reportedly underwent an angioplasty procedure on Monday. According to 590 The Fan in St. ...
- WISC,
State review finds Good Sam's angioplasty a success Nov 2, 2005
SUFFERN — During the first three months that it performed cardiac angioplasty, Good Samaritan Hospital had a lower-than-predicted rate of patient deaths ...
- The Journal News.com,
Rams Interim Coach Vitt Undergoes Angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
St. Louis, MO -- St. Louis Rams interim head coach Joe Vitt underwent an angioplasty procedure on Monday. Vitt had the operation ...
- Click 2 Houston.com,
Rams' interim coach undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
ST. LOUIS Interim St. Louis Rams head coach Joe Vitt has undergone a scheduled angioplasty. The 51-year old is filling in for Mike ...
- WKYT,
NJ hospitals try to stop angioplasty program Nov 7, 2005
Services from implementing a demonstration project that will allow Virtua West Jersey Hospital-Marlton to perform elective angioplasty procedures without on ...
- Philadelphia Business Journal,
Rams interim coach has angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- St. Louis Rams interim Coach Joe Vitt underwent an angioplasty procedure Monday. Vitt had the operation ...
- United Press International
Nine state hospitals approved to do angioplasty Nov 2, 2005
...by the state health commissioner to participate in a multi-state, three-year pilot program allowing elective, or nonemergency angioplasty without cardiac ...
- Asbury Park Press,
States with Higher Rates of Angioplasty and Bypass Surgery Show ... Oct 31, 2005
31 /US Newswire/ -- States with higher rates of revascularization (angioplasty and bypass surgery) for treatment of the most severe form of heart attacks are ...
- U.S. Newswire (press release),
Angioplasty and Stenting in Carotid Dissection with or without ... Oct 25, 2005
Yasha Kadkhodayan a , David T. Jeck a , Christopher J. Moran a ,b , Colin P. Derdeyn a ,b ,c and DeWitte T. Cross, III a ,b. a Department ...
- Am J Neuroradiology (subscription)
Angioplasties without on-site backup endanger patients Nov 20, 2005
One of the more exciting developments in recent years in the field of cardiology has been the emergence of coronary angioplasty as a method of relieving the ...
- Asbury Park Press,
A jolt to decaf drinkers Nov 20, 2005
...in Dallas. Among other research presented were studies on growing blood vessels in labs and performing angioplasty through an opening in the wrist. ...
- Los Angeles Times,
Health CORNER Nov 22, 2005
Thirty-three year old police constable Balasaheb Ahire of Ahmednagar is lucky to be alive after two heart attacks and a failed angioplasty— during which he ...
- Pune Newsline,
Robotic CABG with Stenting Speeds up Recovery Nov 20, 2005
By American Heart Association, Combining robotically assisted coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) with stented angioplasty shows promise for treating ...
- RxPG NEWS,
Stents face scrutiny over blood clotting concerns Nov 20, 2005
Some doctors are concerned that popular drug-coated stents used in angioplasty may carry a rare but lasting risk of causing dangerous blood clots. ...
- Dallas Morning News (subscription),
Medical Ventures Reports Q3 2005 Financial Results Nov 22, 2005
Catheter in the United States. - Published the CAMUS (Coronary Angioplasty Metricath vs. Ultrasound Trial) clinical trial results ...
- CCNMatthews (press release),
New angioplasty approach encouraging Nov 13, 2005
New research presented by Canadian researchers yesterday at an American Heart Association conference suggests that a new approach to angioplasty makes it safe ...
- Winston-Salem Journal,
Drive-Thru Angioplasty On Horizon? Nov 15, 2005
Fast food, fast cash, fast maternity stays. Now comes a new "drive-through" trend: getting your arteries unclogged... Fast food, fast ...
- LaSalute.net,
Vitt undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
Vitt, 51, had an angioplasty procedure around 6 am He will not be hospitalized overnight - in fact, he is expected to speak Monday at the regular 3 pm news ...
- Fort Worth Star Telegram,
Rams interim coach Vitt undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
...mention the scheduled procedure in his postgame press conference on Sunday, although he did tell his players after the game that he had the angioplasty planned ...
- KOKI FOX 23,
Vitt undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
Louis Rams while Mike Martz recovers from a heart ailment, underwent a heart procedure of his own. The 51-year-old Vitt had an angioplasty around 6 am Oct. ...
- NFL News
Rams interim coach Vitt undergoes angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
Louis Rams to endure some health problems. Vitt, the Rams' interim coach, underwent a routine angioplasty early Monday morning. ...
- BuffaloBills.com
Rams Interim Coach Undergoes Angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
By JIM SALTER, 1 hour, 2 minutes ago. ST. LOUIS - Joe Vitt, interim head coach of the St. Louis Rams St. Louis Rams while Mike Martz ...
- Herald News Daily,
Rams interim coach Vitt has angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
...his health. An angioplasty had been scheduled, the team said earlier Monday, but doctors decided it was not necessary. “I informed ...
- Standard-Speaker,
Rams interim coach has angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
ST. LOUIS, MO, United States (UPI) -- St. Louis Rams interim Coach Joe Vitt underwent an angioplasty procedure Monday. Vitt had ...
- Monsters and Critics.com,
Rams interim coach has angioplasty Oct 31, 2005
...measure. An angioplasty is a medical procedure in which a balloon is used to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels of the heart. ...
- NewKerala.com,
Study could help heart patients Nov 13, 2005
Angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to clear coronary artery blockages that slow blood flow to the heart, causing heart attacks. ...
- Cherry Hill Courier Post,
Major Malpractice Class Action Lawsuit Looms for Doctors Who ... Nov 21, 2005
...suffered a heart attack or other debilitating cardiac disease or event or underwent cardiac procedures including heart catheterizations, angioplasty, and heart ...
- I-Newswire.com (press release)
Chronic stress can induce rapid blocking of arteries after a ... Nov 16, 2005
Chronic stress accelerates atherosclerosis following angioplasty procedure, according to research performed in animal studies at Georgetown University Medical ...
- Medical News Today (press release),
Hospitals starting divisive heart test Nov 14, 2005
NJ's role in a study on local facilities doing angioplasty has those already performing heart surgery up in arms. By Linda A. Johnson. ...
- Philadelphia Inquirer,
X-Cell to test coronary stent system Nov 22, 2005
...the Ethos I drug eluting stent with a leading bare metal stent for the elimination of restenosis in patients eligible for balloon angioplasty with symptomatic ...
- Pharmaceutical Business Review
Study: Carotid artery reopening successful Nov 21, 2005
Robotic surgery stenting speeds recovery (November 16, 2005) -- Richmond, Va., surgeons say robotically assisted heart surgery with stented angioplasty is a ...
- Science Daily (press release)
American physicians may be too liberal in their use of blood ... Nov 21, 2005
Typically, these patients are either given strong medications to clear blockages in arteries, or they receive angioplasty to open up arteries or coronary ...
- News-Medical.net,
Women Receive Less Aggressive Treatment For Chest Pain And Heart ... Nov 22, 2005
Women were 35 percent less likely to undergo angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft surgery, treatments that reopen blocked blood vessels or reroute blood ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Heart Surgery Riskier for Those Over 80 Nov 22, 2005
Sharma himself has performed procedures on five patients over the age of 100: one required angioplasty and four required ballooning of an aortic valve. ...
- ABC News
Study finds drugs equivalent in angina treatment Nov 22, 2005
10,000 patients at 487 hospitals in 12 countries who suffered from acute coronary syndromes -- severe angina that cannot be treated with surgery or angioplasty ...
- Reuters AlertNet,
Stress effects are seen in the brain Nov 22, 2005
November 14, 2005) -- Georgetown University scientists have discovered chronic stress can induce rapid blocking of arteries after a balloon angioplasty ... ...
- Science Daily (press release)
ARIAD To Webcast Presentation at the Lazard Capital Markets Life ... Nov 22, 2005
...other medical devices that deliver ARIAD's lead cancer product candidate to prevent reblockage at sites of vascular injury following stent-assisted angioplasty ...
- Business Wire (press release),
FONAR to Highlight Its Latest Advancements in True Flow(TM) ... Nov 22, 2005
Additionally when assessing coronary blood flow for purposes of angioplasty or bypass, coronary flow would best be assessed with the patient vertical. ...
- Genetic Engineering News,
Like it is : Fulmer’s stab in back still painful for Majors Nov 22, 2005
Tennessee. “I had already had angioplasty surgery, but I started getting this pain in my chest, so I called the doctor,� he said. ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription),
Hospitals approved for cardiac program Nov 1, 2005
...have been approved by the state health commissioner to participate in a multi-state, three-year pilot program allowing elective angioplasty without cardiac ...
- Bridgewater Courier News,
Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease are Under Treated Nov 20, 2005
The patients in the study were all having procedures called peripheral vascular interventions or PVIs, which are nearly identical to angioplasty and stenting ...
- RxPG NEWS,
Outpatient angioplasties are just as safe, researchers say Nov 14, 2005
Canadian researchers presented a study yesterday at an American Heart Association conference that suggests a new approach to angioplasty makes it safe to send ...
- Columbus Dispatch (subscription),
HealthWrap: Fast ways to save lives Nov 14, 2005
New research suggests a 25-minute CPR class is as good as the four-hour standard course, and another study shows "drive-through" angioplasty is getting to be ...
- Science Daily (press release)
Hospital study draws fire Nov 3, 2005
Defying claims by critics that it is unsafe, New Jersey Health Commissioner Fred M. Jacobs approved non-emergency angioplasty at nine hospitals that do not ...
- NorthJersey.com,
Medical panel to focus on Good Samaritan Nov 12, 2005
By far the most common disappointment cited by town officials and residents has been Good Samaritan's refusal to offer an emergency angioplasty program. ...
- Palm Beach Daily News,
Women With Chest Pain Get Less Treatment Nov 10, 2005
...were about a third less likely than high-risk men to have an invasive diagnostic evaluation called angiography and treatment such as angioplasty and coronary ...
- WebMD
Kereos' Collaborators Present on Targeted Therapies for ... Nov 17, 2005
While atherosclerosis is currently treated with a number of drugs, as well as angioplasty or bypass graft surgery, it continues to be one of the top causes of ...
- Drug Newswire (press release),
Diabetic? No worries Nov 19, 2005
Four years ago, she found out that one of the arteries to her heart was “100% blocked� and that she needed to undergo angioplasty. ...
- Malaysia Star,
Casualties on the rise as we lose battle of the bulge Nov 19, 2005
...guidelines, much more aggressive treatment - in some cases by applying clot dissolving treatment urgently and in others by immediate angioplasty (feeding a ...
- New Zealand Herald,
Knock, knock, knocking on hell's door Nov 20, 2005
...to Allen. Three execution dates were set -- then stayed. In September, Allen had a heart attack, then angioplasty. With his execution ...
- San Francisco Chronicle,
Tech channels chaos into surprise win Nov 19, 2005
Gailey suffered a heart attack in March, underwent an angioplasty and made a full recovery to coach this season. This was supposed to be an off week. ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),
Laboratory on a bus lets doctors practice working on complex cases Nov 16, 2005
...woman with significant heart disease, the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center cardiologist was as intense and serious as if he were performing angioplasty on a ...
- LaCrosse Tribune,
Biotech market 'open' 02 Oct 2005
...existing cancer drug. Research eventually found the drug could be used for coating a stent used in angioplasty procedures. Since co ...
- London Free Press
The color of grief 02 Oct 2005
She scours the autopsy report and compares the cause of death with Dunne's medical records dating back to 1987, when he had an angioplasty. ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
High court's help sought in release of security chief 02 Oct 2005
...certificate issued by the hospital showed that he was to undergo coronary and cerebral arteriography with the possibility of coronary angioplasty and stenting ...
- Sun Star
Manipal: KMC doctors set right heart defect through a novel way 02 Oct 2005
...improvement of facilities available. The latest technology of angioplasty using drug eluting stent is also available in the centre.
- Bellevision
Trial Will Look At Widening Angioplasty's Reach Sep 29, 2005
29 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are launching a nationwide study of more than 16,000 patients to determine if heart angioplasty can be safely performed in ...
- Forbes
Study of hospitals providing rapid heart attack angioplasty Sep 29, 2005
Cardiology, An in-depth look at hospitals that reduced treatment delays highlights steps other hospitals could take to provide rapid angioplasty treatment to ...
- RxPG NEWS
Drugs Offer Angioplasty Alternative Sep 19, 2005
They should rush the patient to a cardiac catheterization lab for angioplasty, opening the blocked artery with a balloon and, probably, a stent. ...
- New York Times
Boston Scientific OK'd to market angioplasty device Sep 17, 2005
Natick-based Boston Scientific Corp. received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market its new balloon for angioplasty. ...
- Boston Globe
Ohio hospitals want to participate in angioplasty study Sep 19, 2005
One cardiologist there says patients often say they dislike the idea of having to travel to have an angioplasty and wish Adena offered them.
- WKYC-TV
An alternative to angioplasty Sep 21, 2005
They should rush the patient to a cardiac catheterisation lab for angioplasty, opening the blocked artery with a balloon and, probably, a stent. ...
- Times of India
Study: Angioplasty protocol questioned Sep 6, 2005
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The common practice of giving heart attack patients a clot-busting drug within hours of planned angioplasty could be dangerous, an ...
- Miami Herald
Using Anti-Clotting Drug Before Angioplasty Cuts Risk Sep 4, 2005
Heart attack patients who start receiving the anticlotting drug clopidogrel before -- rather than during -- artery-opening angioplasty experienced almost half ...
- Forbes
Study Touts Pre-Angioplasty Superaspirin Sep 4, 2005
...drug Plavix when they arrive at the emergency room almost halved the risk of a stroke, a repeated heart attack or death within the first month after angioplasty ...
- Newsday
Genentech Drug Is Not Safe With Angioplasty Sep 7, 2005
...and Boehringer Ingelheim's TNKase clot-busting drug isn't safe for use with artery-clearing angioplasty, according to a study that was halted because of a ...
- Los Angeles Times
Exercise could be alternative to angioplasty Sep 12, 2005
Another surgery procedure introduced in the 1980s -- one that has had an important impact on lowering deaths due to heart disease -- is coronary angioplasty. ...
- DetNews.com
Men and women fare equally well after angioplasty Sep 5, 2005
By Will Boggs. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gender does not affect outcome in patients who undergo angioplasty in a blocked artery in the leg. ...
- Reuters
Men, women fare equally well after angioplasty Sep 5, 2005
NEW YORK - Gender does not affect outcome in patients who undergo angioplasty in a blocked artery in the leg. Therefore, gender ...
- MSNBC
Clot Busters Before Angioplasty Linked to Increased Death Risk Sep 7, 2005
By Charlene Laino. Giving clot-busters to heart attack victims who are scheduled for balloon angioplasty could cost them their lives, new research shows. ...
- FOX News
Medicine reduces angioplasty death risk Sep 7, 2005
UPI) -- Scientists say they`ve found use of the anti-platelet drug clopidogrel reduces heart attack and cardiovascular death risks before and after angioplasty ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Johns Hopkins launches study to determine if heart angioplasty is ... Sep 8, 2005
...at Johns Hopkins have launched a nationwide study of more than 16,000 patients to see if a potentially life-saving procedure called angioplasty can be safely ...
- EurekAlert
Study Questions Clot Busters for Angioplasty Patients Sep 7, 2005
A new study from Belgium calls into question the common practice of giving heart attack patients a clot-busting drug before they undergo angioplasty, an artery ...
- HealthCentral.com
Plavix best if used before angioplasty Sep 5, 2005
...drug Plavix when they arrive at the emergency room almost halved the risk of a stroke, another heart attack or death within the first month after angioplasty. ...
- Los Angeles Daily News
Pre-Angioplasty Superaspirin Saves Lives Sep 5, 2005
Stockholm, Sweden (24x7Updates) -- A dose of super aspirin before the procedure of angioplasty and not during it can save tens of thousands of lives, a new ...
- 24x7updates
Angioplasty study started at Johns Hopkins Sep 9, 2005
9 (UPI) -- Cardiologists at Johns Hopkins have started a study to determine if angioplasty can be safely performed in smaller, community hospitals. ...
- United Press International
Study Touts Pre-Angioplasty Superaspirin Sep 4, 2005
Angioplasty, a procedure where doctors thread a needle through the blood vessels and implant a tiny flexible mesh tube to prop open narrowed or clogged arteries ...
- Leading The Charge
Researchers Begin Study To Find Out If Angioplasty Can Be Safely ... Sep 11, 2005
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have launched a nationwide study in USA to see if the procedures of angioplasty can be safely performed in smaller hospitals. ...
- MedIndia
Angioplasty a boost for Stamford Hospital, patients Sep 14, 2005
Basel, 79, was rolled into an operating room for an emergency angioplasty, in which a stent, or metal tube, is inserted into a clogged artery to temporarily ...
- Stamford Advocate
Clopidogrel Before Angioplasty Cuts in Half Risk of Death and ... Sep 6, 2005
Hospital (BWH) finds that early use of clopidogrel, an oral antiplatelet medication, started prior to rather than at the time of angioplasty, reduces the odds ...
- PharmaLive.com (press release)
Medication helps before and after angioplasty Sep 7, 2005
The drug clopidogrel helps patients avoid heart attack or stroke when they have an angioplasty. For patients with heart problems ...
- HealthandAge.com
Thrombolytics Before Angioplasty Associated with Higher Mortality ... Sep 7, 2005
The patients underwent angioplasty within one to three hours of symptoms. The surprising excess death rate in patients randomized ...
- Medscape (subscription)
Clot-Buster May Be Dangerous Before Angioplasty Sep 7, 2005
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Giving a heart attack patient a clot-busting drug within hours of a planned angioplasty could be dangerous. ...
- Boston Channel.com
Angioplasty study warns against anti-clot drugs Sep 7, 2005
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The common practice of giving heart attack patients a clot-busting drug within hours of planned angioplasty could be dangerous, an ...
- Buffalo News
Use of the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel before a coronary ... Sep 5, 2005
Use of the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel before a coronary angioplasty reduced the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke within 30 days ...
- News-Medical.net
Drug-eluting stent reduces complications after angioplasty Sep 15, 2005
Compared to bare stents, devices that release the drug paclitaxel reduce the risk of an artery re-narrowing after angioplasty. Although ...
- HealthandAge.com
Medication Reduces Risks with Angioplasty Sep 5, 2005
...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking the antiplatelet drug, clopidogrel (Plavix), before coronary angioplasty reduces the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack ...
- Ivanhoe
Hybrid OR for open-heart surgery, angioplasty Sep 8, 2005
...needed to perform both open-heart surgeries like coronary bypass and percutaneous coronary interventions and procedures such as angioplasty and stenting. ...
- News 8 Austin
Pumping Hearts After Angioplasty Sep 13, 2005
...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Stents are often used to help keep arteries open and functioning in heart patients. Stents releasing medications ...
- Ivanhoe
Thrombolysis Before Angioplasty Linked to Increased Mortality Sep 6, 2005
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 6—Giving TNKase (tenecteplase) hours before a scheduled coronary angioplasty can be a fatal mistake, researchers reported today. ...
- MedPage Today
Angioplasty while patient sits Sep 4, 2005
He was recommended an angiography, followed by an angioplasty (a minimally invasive procedure for treatment of clogged arteries). ...
- Calcutta Telegraph
ESC: Lovenox Reduces Bleeding in Elective Angioplasty Sep 7, 2005
...with Arixtra (fondaparinux), investigators reported that the drug significantly reduces the risk of major bleeding in patients undergoing elective angioplasty. ...
- MedPage Today
Angioscopic Observation During Carotid Angioplasty with Stent ... Sep 17, 2005
Summary: This clinical report is the first to describe angioscopy during carotid angioplasty with stent placement. The average observation ...
- Am J Neuroradiology (subscription)
Hospital to Start Heart Surgeries Oct 1, 2005
...overcome financial obstacles and opposition from Lakeland Regional Medical Center, which now has the county's only operating open-heart and angioplasty program ...
- The Ledger
New device combats peripheral arterial disease Oct 1, 2005
Other treatment techniques include balloon angioplasty and stenting, both of which compress obstructing plaque against the sidewalls of the blood vessel, and ...
- Contra Costa Times
Doctors want short 'door to balloon' times Sep 29, 2005
An in-depth medical study in New Haven, Conn., has determined what steps are necessary to provide rapid angioplasty treatment for heart attack patients. ...
- Webindia123
Health and Science News Roundup Sep 29, 2005
29 (UPI) -- An in-depth medical study in New Haven, Conn., has determined what steps are necessary to provide rapid angioplasty treatment for heart attack ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Doctors want short `door to balloon` times Sep 29, 2005
CT, United States (UPI) -- An in-depth medical study in New Haven, Conn., has determined what steps are necessary to provide rapid angioplasty treatment for ...
- Monsters and Critics.com
Diseases of heart Sep 26, 2005
Angioplasty is a procedure to open a partially or totally blocked artery. ... This may be necessary during most angioplasty procedures. ...
- Kathmandu Post
Study: Angioplasty Protocol Questioned Sep 6, 2005
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- The common practice of giving heart attack patients a clot-busting drug within hours of planned angioplasty could be dangerous, an ...
- WJXX
Men and women fare equally well after angioplasty Sep 6, 2005
ET. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gender does not affect outcome in patients who undergo angioplasty in a blocked artery in the leg. ...
- Leading The Charge
Medicine reduces angioplasty death risk:- Sep 7, 2005
Scientists say they've found use of the anti-platelet drug clopidogrel reduces heart attack and cardiovascular death risks before and after angioplasty. ...
- Webindia123
Coronary angioplasty, Plavix reduces risk of cardiovascular events ... Sep 4, 2005
Use of the antiplatelet drug Clopidogrel ( Plavix ) before a coronary angioplasty reduced the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke within 30 ...
- Xagena.it
'Secrets' of successful hospitals revealed Sep 28, 2005
MD) – An in-depth look at hospitals that reduced treatment delays highlights steps other hospitals could take to provide rapid angioplasty treatment to heart ...
- EurekAlert
Home is where the heart operation is Sep 26, 2005
Adena Regional Medical Center has two John Hopkins studies under way that will allow patients in need of an angioplasty to be treated at Adena instead of being ...
- Chillicothe Gazette
PACKERS: Age getting better of Ahman? Sep 30, 2005
...said the last time he experienced any pain was in the second half of the game, and the pain wasn't as sharp as it was before his emergency angioplasty last Oct ...
- Wisconsin State Journal
2 HMA hospitals here have high charges, report says Sep 29, 2005
...the 30-county region for six treatments, including abnormal heartbeat, respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation, heart attack with angioplasty or stents ...
- Lancaster Newspapers
HEALTH & FITNESS Sep 27, 2005
But, with the availability of drug eluting stents, the gap between surgery and angioplasty has decreased. This has caused more and ...
- The Tribune
Barkley spotlights health disparities Oct 1, 2005
...that of whites. Blacks are half as likely as whites to undergo angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery. Barkley's charitable foundation ...
- AL.com
Reimbursements may be liable to tax Oct 1, 2005
Surgical operation is defined to include treatment by modern methodology such as angioplasty, dialysis, lithotropsy, laser or cryo-surgery. ...
- Financial Express
Rethinking Biology Sep 29, 2005
...improve blood flow. Yun believes the angioplasty, while helping in the short term, reinitiates the trauma response. "It took ten ...
- Forbes
East Alton police chief has heart attack Sep 29, 2005
According to the American Heart Association, a stent is a wire mesh tube used to prop open an artery during angioplasty. Angioplasty ...
- Alton Telegraph
Medical Ventures' Metricath(TM) Demonstrates Substantial Clinical ... Sep 21, 2005
21 /CNW/ - MEDICAL VENTURES CORP. (TSXV: MEV) and its subsidiary, Angiometrx Inc., announce the results of the CAMUS (Coronary Angioplasty Metricath vs. ...
- Canada NewsWire (press release)
N&N board gives backing for heart ops Sep 22, 2005
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital board yesterday gave approval after hearing failure to offer angioplasty would be falling short of offering a 21st ...
- Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
N&N heart surgery bid Sep 20, 2005
A proposal to perform angioplasty procedures - to clear blocked arteries - is to be considered by the board of the hospital tomorrow. ...
- Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Hospital officials push to offer elective angioplasties ... Sep 23, 2005
Center, about 60 people told Office of Health Care Access Commissioner Cristine Vogel that the hospital should be allowed to offer elective angioplasty and open ...
- Stamford Advocate
Hospital mortality numbers improve Sep 28, 2005
Somerset Hospital’s high mortality rating for heart attack patients does not reflect on its innovative angioplasty treatment, because those patients are in a ...
- The Tribune-Democrat
El Camino Hospital Physician Available for Comment on Recently ... Sep 21, 2005
Cryoplasty, or 'Angioplasty on Ice,' Technique Demonstrates Favorable Safety and Efficacy Results in Study Published in the Journal of Vascular Interventional ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
Pre-op blood clot drug 'danger' Sep 7, 2005
The common practice of giving heart attack patients a clot-busting drug hours before planned angioplasty could be dangerous, an important new study suggests. ...
- Daily Mail - UK
Senate won’t free Gonzales Sep 26, 2005
...had narrowed. "We don’t recommend angioplasty because it is more risky. We prefer a two-vessel bypass but it’s elective. It’s ...
- Philippine Star
More heart victims die when clot-buster drug is used before ... Sep 7, 2005
Currently it is fairly common practice to give heart attack patients a clot-busting drug a few hours before planned angioplasty. ...
- News-Medical.net
Security adviser to undergo heart surgery Sep 25, 2005
...with Gonzales Saturday, said that although the security adviser is getting well, he needs to undergo more tests and possibly a "coronary angioplasty" Monday to ...
- Sun Star
Bypass for Gonzales Sep 26, 2005
...yet been set. Torres said they ruled out angioplasty after Gonzales’s heart failed to respond to the drug given him. “It did ...
- Manila Times
Najib to open Sabah Medical Centre Saturday Sep 29, 2005
...patients referred to the SMC by government hospitals such as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, underwent cardiac procedures such as angiogram, angioplasty and open ...
- Daily Express
Indian River Memorial Hospital reserves right to borrow for heart ... Sep 29, 2005
Likewise, IRMH is interviewing three interventional cardiologists to pick a doctor who will oversee heart angioplasty and other nonsurgical cardiac procedures. ...
- Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
For Rabouin, a scary last few days Sep 29, 2005
It conjured memories of the near heart attack manager Butch Hobson suffered three years ago, leading to an angioplasty procedure. ...
- Nashua Telegraph
Life-Saving Technology for Heart Patients Too Sick for Surgery Sep 27, 2005
Some patients can be helped by angioplasty, which opens clogged arteries without surgery. But some patients can’t even tolerate that procedure. ...
- Newswise (press release)
The Medicines Company Appoints Melvin Spigelman, MD to Board of ... Sep 29, 2005
Angiomax(R) (bivalirudin), an anti-clotting therapy approved in the US and other countries for use in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty, a procedure to ...
- Business Wire (press release)
Icoria Receives Notice of Allowance on Tissue Analysis Patent Sep 29, 2005
...the application involved a cardiovascular device study in an animal model of the restenosis-like response of blood vessels injured by balloon angioplasty. ...
- PR Newswire (press release)
MU Researchers Identify Key Factor in Onset of Heart Disease Sep 30, 2005
...are injured or stressed, something that happens naturally, or in medical procedures used to clear clogged arteries such as balloon angioplasty, they trigger a ...
- Newswise (press release)
GRMC future taking shape Sep 30, 2005
...for the procedures it provides, the new cardiac care facility will enable Great River to immediately begin offering in–house angioplasty procedures once the ...
- Burlington Hawk Eye
Modern facilities to be made available at GB Pant Hospital Sep 30, 2005
Shastri said the hospital had historical importance as country's first open heart surgery was done here and today maximum cases of angioplasty were also ...
- Webindia123
Union Hospital opens new radiology suite Sep 29, 2005
...procedures. These include diagnostic angiography, angioplasty, and stent placement in blocked or narrowed arteries throughout the body. ...
- The Daily Item of Lynn
Reminder - OR-Live.com Presents: Hybrid OR Offers Sep 29, 2005
...to perform both open-heart surgeries like coronary bypass as well as percutaneous coronary interventions and procedures, including angioplasty and stenting. ...
- ArriveNet (press release)
What's the Best Heart Attack Treatment? Sep 7, 2005
7, 2005 -- Giving clot-bustersclot-busters to heart attack victims who are scheduled for balloon angioplastyballoon angioplasty could cost them their lives ...
- WebMD
Anti-clotting Drugs Present Big Risk Sep 10, 2005
Giving patients a clot-busting drug before planned angioplasty, a common practice nowadays, has been recently found to be dangerous. ...
- HeartZine
El Camino Hospital Physician Available for Comment on Recently ... Sep 21, 2005
...disease (PAD). Cryoplasty is a cutting-edge alternative to conventional balloon angioplasty for unclogging blocked arteries. Primary ...
- Yahoo! News (press release)
'Superaspirin' before heart surgery may save lives Sep 4, 2005
Plavix when they arrive at the emergency room almost halved the risk of a stroke, a repeated heart attack or death within the first month after an angioplasty. ...
- Houston Chronicle
COMUNICADO DE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL Sep 4, 2005
Clopidogrel Before Angioplasty Cuts in Half Risk of Death and Recurrent Heart Attack Clinical trial results emphasize that one in 23 people avoid major ...
- InfoBolsa
McDowell to offer heart program Sep 11, 2005
Editor's note: Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center will begin offering angioplasty services on Sept.19. Of 92 hospitals in ...
- Danville Advocate
A “superaspirin? maybe the answer for a weak-hearted on the ... Sep 5, 2005
...attack patients as they proceed for emergency procedures reduced by half the risks of a stroke or a repeat attack or even death within a month of angioplasty. ...
- Earthtimes.org
Gonzales to go under the knife Sep 24, 2005
..."If there is a block, this will be widened by a balloon catheter (in a surgical procedure called angioplasty) and a stent will be placed to prevent narrowing ...
- Philippine Star
Gonzales requires further medical tests Sep 24, 2005
Heart specialists issued a recommendation Friday that 2coroÂnary and cerebral arteriography with possibility of coronary angioplasty and stenting? be ...
- Manila Times
LIFELONG HEALTH : Peripheral vascular disease risk factor for ... Sep 18, 2005
Treatment can include a variety of minimally invasive techniques such as balloon angioplasty, stenting, arterial lasers and atherectomy, or may require ...
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)
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