Sentences with phrase «of aortic surgery»

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The company's shares fell as much as 8.1 percent in after - market trading as sales of its premium non-invasive device, used to replace diseased aortic valves without open - heart surgery, is its biggest growth driver.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger underwent heart surgery to replace an aortic valve at New York - Presbyterian Hospital.

A team of researchers from BWH has tackled this problem by comprehensively analyzing gene expression and protein distribution in human aortic valves obtained from valve replacement surgery.

Comedian and actor Robin Williams, 57, last week postponed a planned 80 - city tour of his one - man show, «Weapons of Self - Destruction» to undergo aortic valve replacement surgery.

In recent years, the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, has made the repair safer: Physicians place a new valve in the heart via a catheter inserted through the patient's leg, which results in less injury and an easier recovery than open heart surgery.

Once symptoms such as lightheadedness and blackouts arise, a person with an untreated faulty aortic valve has a 50 percent chance of dying within six months, says Eugene Grossi, a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at New York University School of Medicine and director of cardiac surgery research.

«Aortic dissection in the chest is a life - threatening condition that requires immediate care, usually emergency surgery,» says Matias Hannuksela, medical doctor at the University Hospital of Umeå Heart Centre and author of the doctoral dissertation.

A minimally invasive procedure used to replace heart valves without open heart surgery appears to provide a durable remedy for people with a life - threatening form of heart disease in which the aortic valve opening narrows, diminishing blood flow.

TAVR also appeared to improve the aortic valve areas more than surgery, meaning that the quality of the valve's performance was better as measured by echocardiography during follow - up points through two years.

In new findings published online in the journal Annals of Surgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resSurgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon ressurgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.

These complex aortic dissection surgeries benefit from cerebral perfusion, with 85 % of cases currently using the technique.

Cardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection — one of the highest risk operations in cardiothoracic surgery.

Brooke, along with co-researchers at Dartmouth College, examined records of more than 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries who underwent open surgery to repair a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), a high - risk procedure, and almost 53,000 who received a ventral hernia repair (VHR), a lower - risk operation, between 2003 - 2010.

Worldwide, an estimated 300,000 people have severe aortic stenosis — a faulty valve in the main artery carrying blood out of the heart — and roughly a third of them are deemed unable to withstand the standard treatment of open - heart surgery to replace the valve.

Strong results from the other arm of CoreValve's U.S. Pivotal Trial with patients at extreme risk for standard aortic valve - replacement surgery were reported in October and led to Food and Drug Administration approval for the device in this population.

Of 795 patients randomly assigned to valve replacement by catheter or surgery, 747 patients underwent one of the procedures: 390 in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) arm and 357 in the surgical aortic valve replacement arOf 795 patients randomly assigned to valve replacement by catheter or surgery, 747 patients underwent one of the procedures: 390 in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) arm and 357 in the surgical aortic valve replacement arof the procedures: 390 in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) arm and 357 in the surgical aortic valve replacement arm.

«Although surgical therapy is remarkable and effective, it is incumbent on us to move to a higher genetic level of understanding of these diseases,» said senior author John Elefteriades, M.D., the William W. L. Glenn Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery) at Yale School of Medicine, and director of the Aortic Institute at Yale - New Haven Hospital.

Wake Forest Baptist's cardiothoracic team and surgeons deliver exceptional results for all types of heart conditions through procedures such as aortic valve replacements, heart bypass surgery, heart transplants and surgeries and therapies for thoracic aneurysms.

Rushed to a nearby hospital, Tom was subjected to multiple surgeries addressing the condition, an aortic type dissection, and its many rippled effects, which included partial kidney and lung failure, the left lower extremity ischemia, and the eventual amputation of his left leg.»

The «Terminator» star has undergone heart surgery before — in 1997 he had a procedure to replace an aortic valve, made necessary, he said, because of a congenital defect.

Though rare, SAS also occurs in human children, and one treatment option is surgery to remove the ridge or ring of abnormal tissue below the aortic valve.

However, the cardiologist continued to delay in proceeding with this necessary, lifesaving aortic valve replacement surgery, even in light of diagnostic evidence exhibited by the decedent's quickly narrowing aortic valve.

In addition to multiple sclerosis and motor neuron disease, this could include severe burns, Parkinson's disease, deafness, coma, aplastic anemia, aortic surgery, blindness, Alzheimer's disease, bacterial meningitis, loss of limbs, loss of speech, HIV infection (occupational), and heart valve replacement.

As a CoverMe Critical Illness plan policyholder, you are eligible to receive a $ 25,000, $ 50,000 or $ 75,000 lump sum benefit, 30 days following the diagnosis of Cancer, Heart Attack or Stroke, or the undergoing of Coronary Bypass or Aortic surgery.

Here's a list of the standard covered conditions: Cancer Life Threatening Cancer Early Prostate Cancer (Partial) Ductal Breast Cancer (Partial) Superficial Malignant Melanoma (Partial) Benign Brain Tumour Stroke Heart Heart Attack Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Heart Valve Replacement Aortic Surgery Angioplasty (Partial) Multiple Sclerosis Motor Neuron Disease Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease Aplastic Anemia Loss of -LSB-...]

Typical conditions covered by an individual critical illness insurance policy are: cancer, stroke, heart attack, Alzheimer's disease, aortic surgery, aplastic anemia, bacterial meningitis, benign brain tumour, blindness, coma, coronary artery bypass surgery, deafness, heart valve replacement, kidney failure, loss of independent existence, loss of limbs, loss of speech, major organ failure on waiting list, major organ transplant, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, occupational HIV infection, paralysis, Parkinson's disease, and severe burns.

Typical conditions covered by Critical Illness are cancer, stroke, heart attack, Alzheimer's disease, aortic surgery, aplastic anemia, bacterial meningitis, benign brain tumour, blindness, coma, coronary artery bypass surgery, deafness, heart valve replacement, kidney failure, loss of independent existence, loss of limbs, loss of speech, major organ failure on waiting list, major organ transplant, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, occupational HIV infection, paralysis, Parkinson's disease, and severe burns.

Examples of critical illnesses are: cancer, stroke, heart attack, Alzheimer's disease, aortic surgery, blindness, coma, coronary artery bypass surgery, kidney failure, loss of independent existence, loss of limbs, loss of speech, etc..