Sentences with phrase «among heart surgery patients»

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a potentially deadly infection in which fluid fills the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe, appears more common among heart surgery patients during flu season, the researchers found.

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Our findings indicate that if harnessed properly, the gas could, among other benefits, help treat heart attack patients and keep trauma victims alive until they can undergo surgery or receive a blood transfusion.

In this randomized controlled PARTNER 2A trial, outcomes using the SAPIEN XT valve were compared with open - heart surgery valve replacement among 2,032 intermediate - risk patients treated between December 2011 and November 2013 at 57 sites, all but two in the U.S. Patients were randomly assigned; 1,011 to TAVR and 1,021 to patients treated between December 2011 and November 2013 at 57 sites, all but two in the U.S. Patients were randomly assigned; 1,011 to TAVR and 1,021 to Patients were randomly assigned; 1,011 to TAVR and 1,021 to surgery.

Using data from 251,000 older Americans who had heart bypass surgery, they mapped the interactions among the 466,000 doctors who cared for them, and show the importance of tight «social networks» of physicians to patient outcomes.

Another study, published last spring in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, found that among nearly 400 heart attack patients the most pessimistic patients were twice as likely to suffer from serious complications such as a second heart attack, heart surgery or death in the four years following their initial heart attack, compared with the most optimistic patients.

Surprisingly, though, the amount of weight loss among the surgery patients was not associated with the risk of heart attack, stroke, or death.