Sept. 10Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center are testing a briefcase-size power and monitoring device that allows patients with a temporary artificial heart to wait at home for a heart transplant.As it is now, patients with an artificial heart implant waiting for a donor heart must remain in the hospital tethered to a large [...]
The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is the lead institution in a national clinical trial of technology that will allow artificial heart patients to recuperate, rehabilitate and wait in the comfort of their own homes until a donor heart becomes available for transplant.Richmond, VA (Vocus) September 9, 2010 The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center [...]
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 9 Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news release:The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is the lead institution in a national clinical trial of technology that will allow artificial heart patients to recuperate, rehabilitate and wait in the comfort of their own homes until a donor heart becomes available [...]
DANVERS, Mass.(BUSINESS WIRE) Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technlogies, today reported that the first patient was successfully supported for six days by the Impella Right Peripheral [...]
Investigators publish new data in the report ‘Patients with acute coronary syndromes and elevated levels of natriuretic peptides: the results of the AVANT GARDE-TIMI 43 Trial.’ "Elevated natriuretic peptides (NPs) are associated with an increased cardiovascular risk following acute coronary syndromes (ACSs). However, the therapeutic implications are still undefined," investigators in the United States report [...]
Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD) Hospital has restarted bypass surgeries, however, it is charging fee from the patients.Dr. Nasir Javed, EDO Health told to PPI, here on Monday, heart patients had been facing difficulties and hospital has no required funds that is why hospital administration and faculty members decided to start operations on charging [...]
Cedars-sinai Heart Institute Opens Californias First Dedicated In-patient Unit Providing New Technology-intensive, Coordinated Care for Patients with Advanced Heart FailureThe Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute has opened an innovative 30-bed in-patient unit dedicated to providing advanced heart failure patients with an intensive, multidisciplinary approach to inpatient care (see also Business News).Heart failure, which is the number one [...]
Fresh data on quality of life are presented in the report ‘Psychometric properties of the Norwegian MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life inventory.’ According to a study from Trondheim, Norway, "MacNew is a health-related quality of life (HQOL) inventory for patients with ischaemic heart disease and includes three domains; emotional, physical and social. The [...]
A report, ‘Predictors of early readmission or death in elderly patients with heart failure,’ is newly published data in American Heart Journal. "Contemporary heart failure (HF) patients are elderly and have a high rate of early rehospitalization or death, resulting in a high burden for both the patients and the health care system. Prior studies [...]
NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) 09/02/10 Daxor Corporation (NYSE Amex: DXR), a medical instrumentation and biotechnology company, today announced that the Board of Directors has voted to declare a dividend of $0.25 per share. The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The dividend [...]
