Search Tag: patient outcomes

Cardiology Management

Nursing-leadership-practices-and-patient-outcomes

2022 03 May

Patient outcomes are dependent on several different factors, including the quality of care delivered to the patients, the experience and diagnosis of the physician, the severity of the patient's illness/condition and the quality of nursing care provided to the patient. In other words, the entire healthcare team plays a role in a patient's successful...Read more

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Cardiac-rehabilitation-underutilised-by-clinicians

2017 22 Aug

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a valuable treatment for a broad spectrum of patients with heart disease. Its use is supported by a robust body of research demonstrating improvements in cardiopulmonary fitness, psychological factors, and quality of life and reductions in morbidity and mortality. Despite this evidence, the value of CR is underappreciated...Read more

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New-surgical-techniques-for-aortic-dissection

2017 13 Jun

A new study shows improved patient outcomes with extensive repair of aortic dissection. Findings are published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aortic dissection is a tear in the wall of the aorta which causes the inner and middle layers of the aorta to separate. Type A aortic dissection is one of the riskiest operations in cardiothoracic surgery....Read more

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Tavr-continues-to-evolve

2015 04 Dec

According to a report published by  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  and the  Journal of the American College of Cardiology,  transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) continues to evolve and has demonstrated positive outcomes for patients with aortic stenosis.  When it was first approved, TAVR required cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists...Read more

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Small-local-cardiac-rehab-centres-equally-effective

2015 17 Nov

According to new research from the University of York, smaller and more localised cardiac rehabilitation (CR) centres are as effective as larger ones. The study is funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and is published in Open Heart .  This is the first study of its kind and was conducted by researchers in the Cardiovascular Health Research...Read more