Professional Summary Specialized in
cardiac care for two years.
Contacts CVCA
Cardiac Care for Pets Denise Kessler, CVCA Marketing Manager
[email protected] M: 571.334.6666 @cvcavets
Since 1987, CVCA
Cardiac Care for Pets has been the leading choice for small animal veterinary cardiology with offices in Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia and now Texas seeing over 19,500 patients at 12 locations in 2017.
Austin, TX — Monday, May 7th — CVCA
Cardiac Care for Pets is excited to announce a merger with Austin Heart Vet, PLLC, Dr. Katie Meier, DVM, Diplomate, ACVIM (Cardiology) practice.
Oriana is Team Leader of CVCA —
Cardiac Care for Pets, Richmond, Virginia.
The team effort, which includes the clients, their family veterinarian, fellow veterinary specialists, and Doctor Morrison, allows for the best possible
cardiac care for our beloved animals.
Not exact matches
We were named one of the nation's top 50 cardiovascular hospitals and recognized as a «Blue Distinction Center
for Cardiac Care.»
Women need to advocate
for themselves when seeking medical
care given they may not experience the same symptoms that men do when suffering from
cardiac disease.
I worked
for five of the most wonderful, challenging, eye opening years on the High Dependancy Neonatal
Cardiac Unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital where I would
care for the most delicate of babies, most sick babies, most vulnerable babies and their parents and families.
Whether you require a few days of therapy or weeks of rehabilitation, Alden Long Grove provides comprehensive
care for individuals with a wide range of orthopedic,
cardiac and neurological needs — all in a luxurious setting with five - star amenities.
«Most United States patients face little or no wait
for elective
cardiac care,» according to Ayanian.
People used to die waiting
for cardiac care, he said, but now the average waiting time
for treatment is three months.
Since opening in 2012, Gates Vascular Institute has become a destination
for patients needing stroke,
cardiac and vascular
care.
The project included public training programs in defibrillators and compression - only CPR at schools, hospitals and major events such as the N.C. State Fair, plus additional instruction
for EMS and other emergency workers on optimal
care for patients in
cardiac arrest.
«This study has broader implications
for the health
care system, as most hospitals continue to redundantly test people
for chest pain and other symptoms,» says report author Jeffrey C. Trost, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine, director of the
cardiac catheterization laboratory and co-director of interventional cardiology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
One possible solution is the use of
cardiac output monitoring to guide administration of intravenous fluid and inotropic drugs as part of a hemodynamic (blood flow) therapy algorithm (a step - by - step protocol
for management of a health
care issue).
Rupert M. Pearse, M.D., of Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues randomly assigned patients (50 years of age or older) undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery to a
cardiac output - guided hemodynamic therapy algorithm
for intravenous fluid and inotrope (dopexamine) infusion during and 6 hours following surgery (n = 368) or to usual
care (n = 366).
«People often end up in the emergency room not necessarily
for contagious diseases but
for complications resulting from chronic conditions like asthma or diabetes or
cardiac problems, which cost a lot to our health
care system,» Ram said.
Doctors observed Dunlap
for three days in intensive
care before transferring him to the hospital's
cardiac ward and then discharging him four days later.
«Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation poses challenges
for cardiac care: Risks are higher
for asymptomatic paroxysmal AF patients than symptomatic paroxysmal AF patients.»
The research team, led by Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, clinical research director of the Center
for Resuscitation Science, examined data on 7,137
cardiac arrest cases across 47 counties in 2012 and 2013 from Pennsylvania's Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (
cardiac arrest cases across 47 counties in 2012 and 2013 from Pennsylvania's
Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (
Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (
CARES).
Taking a cue from a recently issued set of recommendations by the Institute of Medicine
for optimizing
cardiac arrest
care, Dr. Bobrow and his team propose three concrete steps communities and the nation can take to improve survival from out - of - hospital
cardiac arrest (OHCA) above the current level of six percent:
The international study, the first to compare outcomes between the two temperature treatments
for children with in - hospital
cardiac arrest, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the annual meeting of the Society
for Critical
Care Medicine in Honolulu.
«Some hospitals and physicians have routinely used body cooling
for all patients who experience
cardiac arrest because they believed it might lead to better outcomes,» says lead author Frank Moler, M.D., the study principal investigator and pediatric critical
care physician at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
For this trial, 1,359 patients (583 with VF and 776 without VF) with prehospital
cardiac arrest and resuscitated by paramedics were assigned to standard
care with or without prehospital cooling, accomplished by infusing up to 2 liters of 4 °C normal saline as soon as possible following return of spontaneous circulation.
Adopt continuous quality improvement programs
for cardiac arrest to promote accountability, encourage training and continued competency, and facilitate performance comparisons within hospitals and EMS and health
care systems.
Develop strategies to improve systems of
care within hospital settings, including setting national accreditation standards related to
cardiac arrest
for hospitals and health
care systems.
«
Cardiac arrest survival rates are unacceptably low,» said Robert Graham, chair of the study committee and director of the national program office for Aligning Forces for Quality at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. «Although breakthroughs in understanding and treating cardiac arrest are promising, the ability to deliver timely interventions and high - quality care is incons
Cardiac arrest survival rates are unacceptably low,» said Robert Graham, chair of the study committee and director of the national program office
for Aligning Forces
for Quality at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. «Although breakthroughs in understanding and treating
cardiac arrest are promising, the ability to deliver timely interventions and high - quality care is incons
cardiac arrest are promising, the ability to deliver timely interventions and high - quality
care is inconsistent.
Ms. Drake attributed their success to involving all health
care disciplines that
care for cardiac surgical patients.
«The goal of the Follow Your Heart program is to provide continuity of
care for patients that the
cardiac surgery nurse practitioners know from the hospital setting and provide robust medication management, coordinate community services, and be a communications hub
for hospital and community providers,» said Dr. Hall.
The research, conducted by experts from BCM, the Texas Department of State Health Services, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the University of South Florida, used the Texas Department of State Health Services» Texas Birth Defects Registry data from 1999 - 2007 to retrospectively examine the associations between distance from birth center to a
cardiac surgical center, number of newborns
cared for with HLHS at each hospital, and neonatal mortality in infants with HLHS.
Overall, in the latest years of the study, newborns with a prenatal diagnosis, born less than 10 minutes from a
cardiac surgical center, and
cared for at a large volume
cardiac surgical center, had a neonatal mortality of 6 percent.
In a small, single - center clinical trial, Chadwick Miller, M.D., M.S., and colleagues found that evaluating older, more complex patients in the observation unit with stress
cardiac MRI, as opposed to usual inpatient
care, reduced hospital readmissions, coronary revascularization procedures and the need
for additional
cardiac testing.
Pediatric intensive
care units have reduced mortality rates
for children with such life - threatening conditions as sepsis,
cardiac arrest, and traumatic brain injury.
Additional options
for long - term risk reduction could include tailoring existing
cardiac rehabilitation programs
for stroke survivors, following patients
for years rather than months after their stroke or TIA, and embedding long - term management into primary
care practices.
New research from Mayo Clinic shows that implementing a uniform method to
care for lower - risk
cardiac surgical patients improves outcomes, reduces patients» time in the hospital and lowers overall per patient costs by 15 percent.
About Kessler Institute
for Rehabilitation Kessler Institute
for Rehabilitation is nationally recognized
for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries and also leads the field in the
care and treatment
for stroke, neurological diseases, amputation, orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions and
cardiac recovery.
Founded in 1873, Newport Hospital is a private, 129 - bed, not -
for - profit hospital offering a wide range of health
care services including the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center; diagnostic imaging; the Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center, including inpatient, outpatient, stroke, pulmonary,
cardiac and cancer rehabilitation; an inpatient mental health program; a wound
care center; and community - based primary
care and medical specialty practices.
UC San Diego Health is awarded official designation as a
Cardiac Center by the California State Department of Public Health to provide highly specialized
care for children with heart disease.
About Kessler Institute Kessler Institute
for Rehabilitation, a division of Select Medical, provides comprehensive
care and specialized treatment to address the complex needs of individuals with spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, amputation, neurological diseases,
cardiac recovery and orthopedic / musculoskeletal conditions.
December 27, 2016 The neighborhood effect: sicker patients draw on shared resources The researchers found that when one patient on a typical 20 - bed hospital unit took a turn
for the worse — a
cardiac arrest,
for example, or being transferred to an intensive -
care unit — the other patients on that ward were at increased risk
for their own setbacks.
March 17, 2016 Roderick Tung, MD, named director of
cardiac electrophysiology program at the University of Chicago Medicine Roderick Tung, MD, an authority on the management of heart rhythm disorders, with a particular focus on advanced therapies
for atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias, has been appointed associate professor of medicine and medical director of the
cardiac electrophysiology program at the Center
for Arrhythmia
Care at the University of Chicago Medicine.
«Since we don't yet know which treatment strategy is best, some patients will receive standard
care at the scene and some patients will be rapidly transported with CPR and ACLS in progress to the Michigan Medicine Emergency Department where they will be evaluated
for ECPR if they remain in
cardiac arrest,» Neumar says.
Kessler is proud to be part of one only nine federally - designated Model Systems
for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries, a distinction shared with Kessler Foundation, and also leads the field in the
care of individuals with stroke, neurologic diseases, amputation, orthopedic trauma, cancer and
cardiac conditions.
About Kessler Institute
for Rehabilitation Kessler Institute
for Rehabilitation is nationally recognized
for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries and leads the field in the
care and treatment
for stroke, neurological diseases, amputation, orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions and
cardiac recovery.
Kessler Institute also leads the field in the
care and treatment
for stroke, neurological diseases, amputation, orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions and
cardiac recovery.
Wake Forest Baptist Health Heart Center physicians provide patients with expert
care for all types of heart conditions, from the simplest
cardiac problem to the most technical and complex condition.
From diagnosis and medical management of common
cardiac disorders to groundbreaking therapies
for complex congenital heart conditions, our team is committed to providing the most advanced evidence - based
care for infants, children and adolescents with all forms of congenital and acquired heart disease, as well as
for adults with congenital heart disease.
«
Cardiac arrest is a treatable condition,» said Dr. Graham Nichol, a professor of medicine at the University of Washington's Harborview Center
for Prehospital Emergency
Care in Seattle and co-author of an accompanying journal editorial.
«Some
cardiac arrests are associated with heart attacks, but many are not,» says study author Graham Nichol, MD, of the University of Washington - Harborview Center
for Pre-Hospital Emergency
Care in Seattle.