Heart stents from US push costs upDeccan HeraldHeart attacks are increasing at an alarming rate in India with estimated deaths of around 24 lakh people every year. However, the management and treatment of heart ailments are not in the reach of the comm…
Fifty-eight-year-old Narayanan, a native of Andhra Pradesh employed with Chennai Port Trust here, was suffering from a terminal heart failure caused by Dilated Cardiomyopathy or an enlarged heart with both the left and right ventricles dilating due to …
BBC SportOutstanding England exploit spineless India in Kolkata TestBBC SportFrom then on, the performance of the rest of India's frontline batsmen lacked any heart. They really didn't look as if they were up for a fight and that is something t…
The family of a Stephens County baby who needed a heart transplant said the operation has been completed successfully.
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Heart surgeons for implants that disappear in body
Times of India CHENNAI: Small medical devices — such as stents, shuts and prostheses — that do their job and can then dissolve inside the body are the most sought after by surgeons, said Geneva-based cardiac surgeon Dr Afksendyios Kalangos, who is on a visit to … |
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Treadmill testing for a healthy heart
Times of India The finding can help guide cardiologists in making the treadmill test — an accessible, economic and easy-to-administer evaluation of patients with heart disease symptoms — more useful in clinical practice. “Newer cardiac imaging technologies are more … |
Treadmill testing can predict heart disease in womenBusiness StandardTreadmill testing can predict heart disease in women. Press Trust of India / Washington December 07, 2012, 15:45 … University of California – Davis researchers also found that two s…
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Heart disease affects country’s economy: Vice President Hamid Ansari
India.Com Health Cardiac diseases not only affect individuals but also the country’s economy and their prevention is not only a medical necessity but a social imperative, Vice President Hamid Ansari said Thursday. ‘Cardio-vascular diseases not only impact physical well … |
India's first artificial heart pump implant successfulDeccan HeraldFor the first time in India, an artificial heart pump was successfully implanted on a 58-year-old heart patient at a hospital in Chennai, breaking new grounds in the advance cardiac…
PHILADELPHIA — Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the program, Penn Medicine physicians have completed their 1000th lifesaving heart transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). The 1000th patient was transplanted on Sunda…