A Breakthrough in Heart Preservation The World's Only Portable Heart Perfusion System Heart transplantation programs around the world face significant challenges in transplantation volume, patient outcomes, and overall cost of patient care. … [Read more...]
Role of heart-assist devices shifts as technology, management improve
From the Houston Chronicle Six years ago, Brenda Mays was in and out of the hospital with heart failure so often that all the nurses knew her by name. "I would go to the hospital on a Monday and get out on a Friday, and Sunday night, I was … [Read more...]
FDA approves new Amgen cholesterol drug
From the Boston Globe: Federal regulators on Thursday approved a new injectable drug that promises to sharply reduce levels of bad cholesterol in millions of people who need more than common statins but is also likely to spark another round of … [Read more...]
Heart failure survivors bond to help save others
By Carol Costello Correspondent FRAMINGHAM – The paths of Patrick J. Sullivan, 60, of Northboro, and Robert Romer, 53, of Framingham may never have crossed, but one extraordinary connection catapulted them beyond circumstantial friendship into a … [Read more...]
Smart diet remains potent cardiovascular medicine
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Cutting dietary fat intake remains a highly effective strategy for reducing coronary heart disease risk – but only so long as the replacement nutrients aren’t even bigger offenders, Dr. Robert A. Vogel said at the Annual … [Read more...]
Ablation cuts AF recurrence 2.5-fold vs. amiodarone in heart failure
SAN DIEGO – Catheter ablation proved superior to amiodarone for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with systolic heart failure in the randomized AATAC-AF trial. Read more at AntiCoagulationHUB.com … [Read more...]
Positive Thinking and Your Health
From the Huffington Post: 5 Ways Positive Thinking Can Transform Your Health Read the article. … [Read more...]
From the Boston Globe: New tech helping heart patients
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His life saved, man reaches out to troopers
With time short and traffic stalled, State Police sped heart transplant patient to skilled hands at Tufts Medical. Read the story in the Boston Globe. … [Read more...]
New Data Begs FDA Rethink of CT Scan Warning on Cardiac Devices
New Data Begs FDA Rethink of CT Scan Warning on Cardiac Devices Heartwire, 2014-02-26 Read More (requires a free registration) … [Read more...]