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Is Anemia Common After Heart Bypass Surgery?

MIBHS

This condition occurs when the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart become blocked or narrowed by plaque buildup. As a result, the heart doesnt receive enough oxygen-rich blood, which can lead to chest pain, shortness of breath, or even a heart attack.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Providing State-of-the-Art Medtronic APOLLO Clinical Trial Treating Heart Valve Disease

DAIC

Many patients with symptoms of mitral regurgitation are not candidates for open heart surgery due to their advanced age or competing comorbidities, nor are they candidates for the only alternative, the MitraClip device. It is one of only two New Jersey hospitals offering the trial to patients.

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University Hospitals Now Performing Robotic Heart Bypass Surgeries

DAIC

A CABG is a surgical procedure that improves blood flow to the heart by diverting blood around blocked or narrowed coronary arteries that can lead to a heart attack if not addressed.

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Smidt Heart Institute Physicians Advance Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement

DAIC

If a valve cannot open or close fully it can interfere with blood flow and cause a host of health issues, including heart attack and stroke. Some people can manage their valvular heart disease with medications, but others need to have the damaged valve repaired or replaced. and affects an estimated 1.6 million people.

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FDA Announces Abiomed Recall of the Instructions for Use for the Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps due to Perforation Risks

DAIC

.: 66,390 Date Initiated by Firm: December 27, 2023 Device Use Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps are used for short term support of the pumping chambers of the heart (ventricles) during high-risk catheter-based procedures called percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

There may be no better study to symbolize the dysfunction that has invaded cardiology than the VIRGO trial, a study examining the outcomes of young patients (18-55) presenting to the hospital with a heart attack. More cardiac injury means more dead heart muscle, and a larger scar.