Sentences with phrase «open heart surgery patients»

I have experience working with open heart surgery patients, heart procedures, stents, pacemakers, ablations, thoracic surgery.

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Unfortunately humans are also prone to err in more serious situations — like deciding whether or not a patient is in need of open heart surgery.

The findings echo past studies, which have shown patients with multiple narrowed arteries have better outcomes with coronary artery bypass grafting, also known as CABG or heart bypass surgery, than with angioplasty, also known as percutaneous coronary intervention or PCI, a less - invasive option in which a stent is inserted to hold the arteries open.

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.

«In the past there weren't any alternatives that we could really offer these types of patients,» said Roger Fan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Director of Arrhythmia Consult Service, «The LARIAT is a great alternative to the possibility of a lifetime of blood thinners which can have some serious side effects like GI bleeds, as well as an alternative to invasive open - heart surgery.»

During the nearly month - long follow - up period, there were no differences between the two groups in the percentages of patients that had a stent placed to open an artery, underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, returned to the emergency room or experienced a major cardiac event, such as heart attack.

The study patients received either a minimally invasive TAVR procedure — which uses a catheter that is routed through a blood vessel in the leg or chest to access the heart — or an open - heart surgery to replace the valve.

The minimally invasive procedure is particularly effective for high - risk patients, such as the elderly, frail, or those with a history of other illness for whom open heart surgery may be too risky.

The FDA approved the CoreValve System to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk for surgery based on groundbreaking research showing the transcatheter heart valve had superior survival rates at one year when compared to open - heart surgery, the current gold standard for aortic valve replacement.

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.

Patients who underwent open - heart surgery in the afternoon experienced better health outcomes compared to those who got operated on in the morning, study authors found after six years of observing nearly 600 patients who underwent heart valve replPatients who underwent open - heart surgery in the afternoon experienced better health outcomes compared to those who got operated on in the morning, study authors found after six years of observing nearly 600 patients who underwent heart valve replpatients who underwent heart valve replacement.

The addition of mitral valve (MV) repair (a valve of the heart) to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a type of open - heart surgery, did not result in significant benefit to the patient and was associated with increased risk of neurological events.

«The results of this study suggest there is little benefit to what is often considered a routine addition to the open - heart procedure of CABG for patients with moderate IMR,» said senior study author Robert Michler, M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and co-director of The Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular heart procedure of CABG for patients with moderate IMR,» said senior study author Robert Michler, M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and co-director of The Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Heart and Vascular Care.

Researchers followed 187 patients who received a new valve by undergoing a transcatheter procedure or open - heart surgery to receive a new valve.

Death rates at one year were significantly lower for the 390 TAVR patients than for the 357 patients who had open - heart surgery.

NEW YORK (November 18, 2014)-- The addition of mitral valve (MV) repair (a valve of the heart) to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a type of open - heart surgery, did not result in significant benefit to the patient and was associated with increased risk of neurological events.

One 2013 paper found that, more than 7 years after the procedures, open - heart surgery patients scored slightly higher on cognitive tests than did people who underwent less invasive angioplasty, which requires only a local anesthetic.

Previously, studies of stem cell transplants for heart disease have only been performed in patients already scheduled for open heart surgery.

In cases where this herb has been used, the condition is actually reversed and in this way, patients do not require open heart surgery to correct blockages.

We spent over two weeks filming open heart surgeries on infants, interviewing their parents and visiting past patients in their villages.

Consequently, cardiac patients that experience this defect may be subject to emergency open heart surgery or suffer from injury such as heart attack, stroke or death.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a warning to patients and healthcare providers of the potential for infection from open - heart surgeries using particular devices.

The Medical University of South Carolina recently announced as many as 3,000 patients may be at risk of infection after learning medical equipment used in open heart surgeries since 2012 tested positive for potentially deadly bacteria.

Cared for critically ill patients after surgeries, such as open - heart, major thoracic, major abdominal, and trauma.

Provided patient education for pre-operative and post-operative catheterization and open - heart surgery patients and explained discharge instructions.

Treated patients prior to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, open heart surgery and organ transplant

Deliver compassionate care to patients directly after open heart, vascular, and thoracic surgeries.

Outside of real estate, Mitha, a former heart patient, regularly counsels patients preparing to have open heart surgery.