CTV.caFormer Vice-President Dick Cheney's Has Heart TransplantEmpowHerIn 2010, he was diagnosed with end stage heart failure. To help his heart to continue to pump adequate supplies of blood, a left ventricular assist device was implanted. Heart tr…
Cheney Operation Underscores Heart Transplant Issues – WNYC
The GuardianCheney Operation Underscores Heart Transplant IssuesWNYCHeart transplantation has come a long way since Christiaan Barnard stitched the heart of a young woman into the chest of a middle-aged man in South Africa in 1967. That transplant reci…
New Hospitalization Data from the African-American Heart Failure Trial to be … – MarketWatch (press release)
New Hospitalization Data from the African-American Heart Failure Trial to be …MarketWatch (press release)The A-Heft Trial, entitled, "Combination of Isosorbide Dinitrate and Hydralazine in Blacks with Heart Failure" was published in the New…
Stem cell therapy possibly helpful in heart failure patients – Medical Xpress
French TribuneStem cell therapy possibly helpful in heart failure patientsMedical XpressA new study found that using a patient's own bone marrow cells may help repair damaged areas of the heart caused by heart failure, according to research present…
Boston Scientific Supports Trial to Evaluate Platinum Chromium Coronary Stents – RTT News
Boston Scientific Supports Trial to Evaluate Platinum Chromium Coronary StentsRTT News(BSX: News ) announced its support of the HORIZONS II AMI clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the PROMUS Element Plus Everolimus-…
Boston Scientific Supports New Clinical Trial to Evaluate Platinum Chromium … – SYS-CON Media (press release)
Boston Scientific Supports New Clinical Trial to Evaluate Platinum Chromium …SYS-CON Media (press release)… of the PROMUS Element™ Plus Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium (PtCr) Coronary Stent compared to the OMEGA™ Platinum Chromium Bare-Met…
Organ donations at highest level in 2011 – RTE.ie
Irish TimesOrgan donations at highest level in 2011RTE.ieThe association has called for more funding for kidney transplantation given the savings it can make by getting more patients off dialysis. IKA Chief Executive Mark Murphy said that 650 people ar…
Carry an organ donor card… in your smartphone – thejournal.ie
Carry an organ donor card… in your smartphone thejournal.ieTHE IRISH KIDNEY Association launches its annual Organ Donor Awareness Week today. The week, running from 31 March to 7 April, will focus on the need to …
BG Medicine, Inc. Announces Important New Galectin-3 Findings Presented at … – MarketWatch (press release)
University of Michigan Health System NewsBG Medicine, Inc. Announces Important New Galectin-3 Findings Presented at …MarketWatch (press release)BG Medicine markets a blood test for galectin-3 called the BGM Galectin-3 test for heart failure, which wa…
University of Michigan analyzes new technique for measuring heart failure risk – HealthCanal.com
University of Michigan analyzes new technique for measuring heart failure riskHealthCanal.comDiastolic function, or how well the heart muscle relaxes, is a major factor in heart failure, a condition on the rise among aging Americans. But current techno…