Study: Anticoagulant Apixaban Better than Warfarin
Patients with atrial fibrillation have a substantially reduced risk of dangerous bleeding in the brain ("intracranial haemorrhage") when taking... Read more
Cardiac Arrest Patients Do Better If Admitted to Specialist Centre
For cardiac arrest patients, admission to a specialist heart centre rather than to the nearest general hospital is associated with improved... Read more
Heart Tissue Cultured on Spinach Leaves
Researchers have turned to the vascular system of plants to solve a major bioengineering problem blocking the regeneration of human tissues... Read more
Cardiac Lead Extractions Safer in High Volume Centres
New research published in European Heart Journal indicates that cardiac lead extraction is safer in a high volume centre compared to a low volume... Read more
How Diabetes Increases Heart Attack Risk
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have identified one of the reasons why diabetics have greater risk of suffering a... Read more
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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines telemedicine as the delivery of health care services by healthcare professionals in areas where distance is a critical factor and where information and communication technologies need to be used for the exchange of information regarding diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The goal of telemedicine was... Read more
Zoom On: Prof. Mamas A. Mamas
Prof. Mamas A Mamas is a structural interventional cardiologist, treating patients with underlying coronary artery with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in both the elective and emergency setting and undertaking Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions (TAVI). He is also the Associate Editor of Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions and leads... Read more
Zoom On: Chelsea Beecher - Innovator of the Year
Chelsea Beecher serves as the Director of Development for the American Heart & Stroke Association in New York City. She led the launch of STEM Goes Red in New York City and received the Innovator of the Year Award in 2018 for this initiative. STEM Goes Red aims to empower young women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)... Read more
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Closing the Cycle of Research, Prevention, Diagnosis, Monitoring, Treatment With a Finger Sensor
Summary: Noninvasive, continuous haemodynamic assessment in clinically... Read more
Making Affordable Healthcare Profitable
A win-win for the simultaneous involvement of both public and private... Read more
Five Reasons Why Value-Based Healthcare is Beneficial
Patient-centered care is becoming a major topic in healthcare. Many initiatives Read more
Nutrition Monitoring
Most important when monitoring nutrition is to decide upon the nutritional... Read more
Healthcare Has No Excuse for Another Pandemic Like COVID-19
A global health consultant and top TED Talk presenter comments on how... Read more
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