Heart Attack Diagnosis Missed More in Women Than Men
Chest pain is misdiagnosed in women more frequently than in men, according to research presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021,... Read more
Suicide Risk Higher in Stroke Survivors
Stroke survivors may be more likely to attempt or die by suicide than people who have not had a stroke, according to preliminary research to... Read more
Artificial Intelligence Can Predict New Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke Risk
A team of scientists from Geisinger and Tempus have found that artificial intelligence can predict risk of new atrial fibrillation (AF) and... Read more
Texas Ends COVID-19 Lockdown
Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, celebrated Texas Independence Day on March 2 by announcing the end of COVID-19 lockdown. The Governor has... Read more
The Vaccination Nightmare: Delay, Skip, One-Dose, Two-Dose ..... !
People across the world heaved a sigh of relief when the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved. But, as is human nature, happy news is typically... Read more
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Top Telemedicine Platforms: Features and Services
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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Antimicrobial Copper Touch Surfaces: Reduce Infections, Liberate Resources and Cut Costs
The role of the environment in the transmission of healthcare-associated... Read more
Supply purchasing for intensive care centres
A purchasing portfolio for more effective and efficient (medical)... Read more
The Reuse of Health Data: Governance and Trust As Catalysers for Quality
Summary: The European Institute’s for Innovation through Health Data... Read more
Fibre-based soft tissue reconstruction
Solutions for challenging reconstruction of subcutaneous adipose tissue... Read more
COVID -19 Challenges
C oronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread. While nations that... Read more
Protecting ward patients
Finding patients before they crash might be the next major opportunity... Read more
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Continuous non-invasive blood pressure, cardiac output and fluid management for moderate and low-risk surgery CNAP ® Monitor provides advanced hemodynamic information from the non-invasive resusable CNAP ® finger sensor . It supports your Goal...
Myoglobin
An early biomarker to aid in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction The Acute Care™ myoglobin assay is an in vitro diagnostic test for...
Guideline Acceptable Troponin I
Imprecision level of ≤10% at the 99th percentile of the normal population The Acute Care™ cTnl assay on the Stratus ® CS Acute Care™ Diagnostic System was the first to the market with a guideline acceptable sensitive Troponin-I assay in 2004...
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Helping detect potential pregnancies in cardiac patients to guide diagnostic testing decisions Running STAT βhCG ensures clinicians...