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‘Fountain of youth’ technique rejuvenates aging stem cells
ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2012) A new method of growing cardiac tissue is teaching old stem cells new tricks.
Surgeons pilot expandable prosthetic valves for congenital heart disease
ScienceDaily (Oct. 3, 2012) Surgeons at Boston Children’s Hospital have successfully implanted a modified version of a expandable prosthetic heart valve in several children with mitral valve disease.
Study questions technique to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) A new study raises a cautionary note about the increasing use of a minimally invasive procedure to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to vascular surgeon Dr. Jae Sung Cho of Loyola University Medical Center.
Study questions technique to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2012) A new study raises a cautionary note about the increasing use of a minimally invasive procedure to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to vascular surgeon Dr. Jae Sung Cho of Loyola University Medical Center.
New aortic valve replacement procedure
ScienceDaily (Jan. 3, 2012) Some individuals with severe aortic stenosis — also known as narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart — who are not well enough to undergo open heart surgery have a new treatment option thanks to a groundbreaking procedure now available in Kentucky from UofL physicians at Jewish Hospital.
New aortic valve replacement procedure
ScienceDaily (Jan. 3, 2012) Some individuals with severe aortic stenosis — also known as narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart — who are not well enough to undergo open heart surgery have a new treatment option thanks to a groundbreaking procedure now available in Kentucky from UofL physicians at Jewish Hospital.
Common gene variant associated with aortic dissection: Study reveals risk factor that doubles chance of developing silent killer
ScienceDaily (Sep. 11, 2011) Richard Holbrooke, John Ritter, Lucille Ball, Jonathan Larson and Great Britain’s King George II were all taken by the same silent killer: an acute aortic dissection
Sutureless method for joining blood vessels invented
ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2011) Reconnecting severed blood vessels is mostly done the same way today — with sutures — as it was 100 years ago, when the French surgeon Alexis Carrel won a Nobel Prize for advancing the technique. Now, a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed a sutureless method that appears to be a faster, safer and easier alternative.
Atherosclerosis is not limited to the heart
ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2011) For cardiologists, coronary artery disease is the most important presentation of atherosclerosis. Patients with coronary artery disease may also have symptomatic or asymptomatic atherosclerosis in other vascular areas (peripheral artery disease)
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