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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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
How are robots improving cardiovascular medicine?
Robots were first used in cardiovascular medicine in the late 1990s as a part of the digital revolution . Since then, robotics have been applied to endovascular surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and interventional cardiology, to name a few fields. Robots give medical professionals the ability to diagnose, treat, and intervene more... Read more
The Death of the Stethoscope? Heart Doctors Have Their Say
Most people don't think much about stethoscopes but the fact is that this tool, so commonly associated with doctors, is at a crossroads. Having been in use for nearly two centuries, the stethoscope is in the midst of a debate with respect to its utility in healthcare. Over the years, medical technology has advanced to a great extent. The sounds... Read more
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Leading and Learning in the Real World
Leadership is a generic term, so when we talk about leaders in the NHS... Read more
Rising multimorbidity in our ageing world
Mapping the landscape of ageing for more effective healthcare... Read more
Healthcare demands are growing and evolving - so must we
Healthcare companies must evolve to help providers face the challenge... Read more
The future of augmented reality in healthcare
S m a r t t e c h n o l o g i e s s... Read more
Noise in the intensive care unit: where does it come from and what can you do about it?
Practical measures and interventions to reduce noise levels in the ICU... Read more
Fibre-based soft tissue reconstruction
Solutions for challenging reconstruction of subcutaneous adipose tissue... Read more
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