Designed for fast and efficient response, the Lifeline Emergency Cart is constructed of lightweight polymer and tubular steel for ease in handling during transit and at the code site. An ergonomically placed handle insures maximum control. The convertible, dual-function caster system provides positive control in transit, yet adjusts to full swivel-caster mode.
One of the highest priorities for physicians who diagnose and treat heart failure conditions is to keep their patients ...
It struck me the other day that while thousands of healthcare information technology (HIT) executives flock to San Diego ...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), and pulmonary embolism (PE) in particular, are among the most complex and dangerous acute ...
It’s not uncommon for a cardiologist at University Community Hospital (UCH) in Tampa to walk about two miles to get his ...
Minimally-invasive surgery has proven to be safer, requires a shorter hospital stay and is cosmetically preferred over ...
Coronary bypass surgery, a difficult and painful way to repair major damage caused by coronary artery disease, may be on its way out — and it’s a long time coming for researchers like Douglas Losordo, M.D. After all, he’s spent the past 10 years looking into the possibilities of adult stem cell therapy as a viable alternative to the procedure.
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Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been around for nearly 20 years, they gained notoriety in 2001 when Vice President Dick Cheney became a high-profile patient who underwent the implantation procedure.
Although healthcare budgets are tight, needs are expanding. Clinical facilities are continuously looking for ways to ...
A trend is emerging in cardiovascular image and information systems designed for the cath lab and was apparent on the ...
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
The drug-eluting stent (DES) market is a multibillion dollar business in the U.S. — and it's estimated that over three ...
In the microscopic world of arterial plaque, the only positive thing about positive remodeling is that physicians can ...
Magnetic navigation technology to direct and digitally control catheter and guidewire devices along complex paths within ...
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It's almost like taking a stab in the dark, but ablating one or more arrythmias within the human heart is a moment when ...
I only just heard the term “positive remodeling” for the first time last fall, and I assumed it was something, well, positive, like a self-mending process of some sort. But in the cardiac context of arterial remodeling, which refers to the build-up of plaque in the coronary arteries, positive remodeling is the worse of two types.
Are drug-eluting stents destined to fail? In Part 1 of this investigation, the connection of DES and thrombogenicity was ...
May 23, 2006
