Neil Minkoff, MD: How do you, as clinicians, decide when to incorporate this into a treatment journey, and at what point in the process do you integrate it if the goal is to try to prevent downstream speeds, downstream complications and the bad results? Are you doing this right now? Do you do this when […]
More than a dozen families of children in need of heart surgery have been forced to travel long distances for life-saving care, after BC Children’s Hospital informed them there was no pediatric heart surgeon available . Thirteen children have been sent out of the province for surgery since July 1, according to the Vancouver hospital, […]
After multivariate adjustment, the risk ratio for transplantation in AA was 0.90 (95% CI 0.83 – 0.96) compared to Caucasians, and the time to transplantation for other minorities was not not long. Credit: DOI: 10.1161 /circ.138.suppl_1.17340 Blacks who need a new heart are less likely to receive a transplant than whites, and if they do, […]
New The former polyvalent will undertake “an important process of rehabilitation” in a specialized hospital Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is paralyzed in his legs after suffering a stroke to his spine following emergency heart surgery in Sydney, New Zealand media reported on Friday. Cairns, 51, had returned to his hometown of Canberra but […]
After being bought out by the New York Rangers, Henrik lundqvist signed with the Capitals ahead of the 2020-21 season, hoping his career would end like a fairytale like Ray Bourque’s. Instead, heart disease, which worsened during the offseason, ended Lundqvist’s season before it started. The goalie took extreme measures to try to find a […]
Alongside frontman Sir Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, Charlie Watts was one of the oldest members of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died aged 80, his publicist revealed today in a statement. The rock music icon passed away just weeks after retiring from the band’s No Filter tour of North […]
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UC Health cardiac surgeons have successfully performed the very first “triple valve” endoscopic surgery in the United States at UC Medical Center. In a single incision about an inch long, the team performed endoscopic heart surgery to replace the aortic and mitral valve and repair the tricuspid value – called “triple valve” surgery. Under the […]
This article appeared in the September / October 2021 issue of Discover the magazine as ” Heartache “. Become a subscriber for unlimited access to the archives. Chloe looked miserable. She was curled up on the hospital bed, sweaty and shaking, shaken by waves of nausea, her heart pounding. I gave her a cool washcloth […]
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Canadian researchers measured muscle mass on DEXA and muscle strength (chair lift test) in patients undergoing heart surgery and found that patients with low scores had a three-fold higher risk of death after four years. The finding suggests that measuring muscle mass provides valuable information for the management of high-risk cardiac surgery patients. “The muscle […]
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August 9, 2021 12:12 AM Posted: August 9, 2021 12:12 AM Update: August 9, 2021 7:25 PM SPOKANE, Washington – The Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital is a leader in healthcare, attracting families from across the Pacific Northwest for the first-rate care they provide. In many ways, this institution is able to offer cutting edge care, […]
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Officials at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita held an event on Tuesday presenting a less invasive alternative to open heart surgery to treat aortic stenosis. The procedure now available from Henry Mayo in Santa Clarita, called aortic valve catheter replacement (TAVR), allows doctors to replace the heart’s narrow aortic valves caused by aortic […]
I just spent eight days in the hospital for open heart surgery. I had aortic valve replacement and bypass. It was one of the most difficult life events I have ever had to go through. Four weeks later, I’m on the mend, but the scars, real and emotional, remain. It was a life-changing experience, a […]