20Feb/13

Ventrix's VentriGel™ Demonstrates Potential to Prevent Heart Failure … – The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Ventrix’s VentriGel™ Demonstrates Potential to Prevent Heart Failure …
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
“These results give us strong validation that VentriGel has the potential to prevent the development of congestive heart failure in patients who are recovering from heart attack,” said Adam Kinsey, Ph.D., CEO of Ventrix. “We will continue to develop …
Injected ‘Hydrogel’ May Help Repair Failing HeartsU.S. News & World Report
Ventrix plans heart therapy trials for EuropeU-T San Diego

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20Feb/13

Ventrix's VentriGel™ Demonstrates Potential to Prevent Heart Failure … – PR Newswire (press release)

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Ventrix’s VentriGel™ Demonstrates Potential to Prevent Heart Failure …
PR Newswire (press release)
“These results give us strong validation that VentriGel has the potential to prevent the development of congestive heart failure in patients who are recovering from heart attack,” said Adam Kinsey , Ph.D., CEO of Ventrix. “We will continue to develop …

20Feb/13

Synthetic Marijuana Linked to Acute Kidney Injury – Monthly Prescribing Reference

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Synthetic Marijuana Linked to Acute Kidney Injury
Monthly Prescribing Reference
(HealthDay News) – Synthetic cannabinoids, sold under labels such as “synthetic marijuana,” “herbal incense,” “potpourri,” and “spice” have been tied to hospitalizations for unexplained acute kidney injury (AKI) in the United States, according to …

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20Feb/13

Preventing heart failure post attack in pigs – The Hindu

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Preventing heart failure post attack in pigs
The Hindu
A study published today (February 21) in Science Translational Medicine journal holds the promise that one day people who have suffered a heart attack (myocardial infarction) may not progress to a stage where the heart’s ability to pump blood to meet …

20Feb/13

IV fluid used for critically ill patients linked with acute kidney injury – NephrologyNews.com

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

IV fluid used for critically ill patients linked with acute kidney injuryNephrologyNews.comIn an analysis of studies that examined critically ill patients requiring an increase in blood fluid volume, intravenous use of the fluid hydroxyethyl starch, co…

20Feb/13

Amedisys Helps Hospital Partner Reduce Heart Failure Readmission Rate by 13 … – Fort Mills Times

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Amedisys Helps Hospital Partner Reduce Heart Failure Readmission Rate by 13 …
Fort Mills Times
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of the nation’s leading health care at home companies, released a case study today that highlights how it helped Monongahela Valley Hospital (MVH) reduce its heart failure readmissions by 13% in one year through a …
Readmissions Don’t Measure Quality, Harvard Doctor SaysInformationWeek
Return of the house call: Old-style care made new againFlorida Weekly

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20Feb/13

Amedisys Helps Hospital Partner Reduce Heart Failure Readmission Rate by 13 … – MarketWatch (press release)

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

Amedisys Helps Hospital Partner Reduce Heart Failure Readmission Rate by 13 …MarketWatch (press release)With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which includes a heightened focus on reducing avoidable readmissions, MVH, a community hospita…

20Feb/13

Donahue dies of heart failure – ThisWeekNews

February 20, 2013Organ Failureadmin

ThisWeekNewsDonahue dies of heart failureThisWeekNewsLongtime ThisWeek Community News reporter and editor Jeffery M. Donahue died early Monday, Feb. 18, due to heart failure. Donahue, most recently special projects editor at ThisWeek who also reported …

19Feb/13

FMC group, TWIG 9 buy scales for heart failure patients – Lancaster Eagle Gazette

February 19, 2013Organ Failureadmin

FMC group, TWIG 9 buy scales for heart failure patients
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
LANCASTER — TWIG 9 and the Fairfield Medical Center Foundation, in collaboration with Christina Siemer-Harley, BSN, RN, CV-BC, FMC cardiovascular nurse navigator, recently bought 50 scales for patients who have congestive heart failure but cannot …

19Feb/13

HOMAGE — Overcoming heart failure, an European challenge – Phys.Org (press release)

February 19, 2013Organ Failureadmin

HOMAGE — Overcoming heart failure, an European challengePhys.Org (press release)The 12 million euros grant of the European Commission will be dedicated to the HOMAGE consortium for research on heart failure, a serious illness altering myocardial activ…

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