PCI Randomised Trial in Chronic Total Occlusion
Results of a multicentre trial show a high success rate and low procedural risk in using percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment... Read more
One-Third of Deaths Worldwide Due to Cardiovascular Disease
According to a new study, cardiovascular diseases, including heart diseases and stroke, account for nearly one-third of deaths throughout the... Read more
No Improvement in Exercise Capacity With High-Dose Iron Pills
According to a study published in JAMA, high-dose iron pills did not improve exercise capacity over 16 weeks in patients with a certain type... Read more
17-fold Increase in Risk of Heart Attack Following Respiratory Infections
New research from University of Sydney shows that the risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory... Read more
Additional Tool for AFib Risk Assessment
Intermountain Healthcare has developed a new tool, the Intermountain Mortality Risk Score (IMRS), to help with evaluating a patient's risk of... Read more
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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
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
From Our Journals
Resilience: The Airbag for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professions
Summary: Instilling an attitude of resilience in healthcare staff... Read more
Sensors in Everyday Objects for Dementia Care
Summary: The past, present & future of dementia care using sensors... Read more
Risks, Costs, Benefits and Trust in Healthcare - Why and When Do We Trust?
With artificial intelligence and personalised medicine playing an increasingly Read more
Towards Post-COVID-19: Lessons and Challenges for Hospitals and Healthcare Infrastructures
There is evidence of viral assaults possible repetitiveness in the... Read more
Protecting ward patients
Finding patients before they crash might be the next major opportunity... Read more
Making the MAGIC
Guiding Vascular Access Selection for Intensive Care - a Summary of Michigan... Read more
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CNAP® Monitor for hemodynamic monitoring
The CNAP® Monitor represents the next generation of noninvasive patient monitoring by merging the advantages of noninvasive, risk‐free methods with the benefits of continuity in the same accuracy as invasive standards. The advanced parameter set enables...
Task Force® Monitor TOUCH for noninvasive hemodynamic and autonomic assessment
The Task Force® Monitor is the all‐in‐one workstation for continuous noninvasive hemodynamic and autonomic assessment. It is the state‐of‐the‐art diagnostic tool to study syncope and autoregulation of blood pressure and has further established as an...