Fast track surgery
`The term fast track surgery refers to a combination of findings from current, high quality studies of anaesthetics, surgery and perioperative care for a certain medical indication,´ explained Professor Schwenk.
Cardiovascular diseases
Low compliance with guidance harms patients
By Henning von Eicke of Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Cops hunt "cash for ops" surgeons
France - The country's health ministry is facing growing calls for a full public inquiry after allegations that surgeons have been demanding huge cash payments from patients keen to jump hospital waiting lists, and for charging exorbitant fees for "private" operations.
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Basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), particularly when performed immediately by those witnessing a cardiac or respiratory arrest, definitively saves lives - especially in witnessed cases of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and childhood drowning events. Nevertheless, the frequency of bystander CPR still remains mostly low. In turn, survival chances for potentially salvageable patients remain…
The first pan-European VHD, CVD and diabetes guidelines
The first, pan-European guidelines to be published on the treatment of valvular heart disease (VHD), diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have made a series of new recommendations that experts hope will contribute to improving the outcome for patients.
Endovascular brachytherapy
Endovascular brachytherapy has been successfully modified by scientists at Isotopen Technologie München AG (ITM), solving problems of radiation exposure to Rhenium-188. The researchers are now producing Rhenium-188 with previously unknown high specific activity in a new type of generator, Isotopen Technologie reports.
Mechanical heart pumps could beat transplants
Almost one in three people over 55 will develop congestive heart failure, research has revealed. The Rotterdam Study, a prospective population-based study of cardiovascular and other diseases in the elderly, monitored 7,983 inhabitants of Ommoord, a Rotterdam suburb (source: Eur Heart J 2004: 25, 1614-19).
Article • Mobile AED
The world's smallest defibrillator
The Fred easyport, the only pocket defibrillator in the world, which Schiller brought onto the market three years ago, was a huge success so far. From next year on, the device will also supply a manual shock option. It is so small (133 x 126 x 50mm) and light (490 g including the battery) that for many doctors it is already standard equipment in their emergency bag.The fact that this ‘life…
The dual-use stethoscope
Emergency care doctors can now use just one stethoscope to tend either paediatric or adult patients.
Ci-Ca Therapy
Less bleeding complications due to safe citrate anticoagulation.
Surviving the financial climate
Earlier disease detection will save healthcare services
Material solutions
Innovative materials and technologies for medical devices are on show by GE Plastics.
Nicotine addiction
Like obesity it is harder to treat than high BP or cholesterol. Now Spanish cardiologists are urging a new approach to patients who smoke.
Slow breathing and blood pressure
Understanding the way people breathe might explain how the body regulates blood pressure and much else.
PET/CT
PET/CT combines PET's ability to precisely measure regional myocardial blood flow with the capability of multislice CT imaging.
The European Institute of Molecular Imaging
The First European Institute of Molecular Imaging (EIMI) was foundet at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University in Muenster, Germany.
The Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
The objective of the CNIC is to lead cardiovascular research in Spain and establish itself as a leading international centre.
The highest spend in EU
The UK spends more of its healthcare budget on cardiovascular disease than any other country in the EU.
Pulmotension
EU multidisciplinary lung research project aims to cure pulmonary hypertension.
Coronary Heart Disease
With ever-improving stents, cardiologists can deal with ever more complex cases. Will bypass surgery soon be a thing of the past?
HD training for cardiac surgeons
A Dutch company organises international postgraduate education programmes for cardiologists, run by the firm's Director, cardiologist Ton Hooghoudt MD PhD.
BMI does not predict outcome for HD patients
The body mass index (BMI) is not a reliable indicator for obesity and therefore cannot predict the outcome for patients with heart disease.
Tobacco
Previous studies have shown that tobacco smoking increases the risk ...
The Lancet highlights cardiac research
Among the research articles published in this issue, are some ...
Statins are cardioprotective
Researchers demonstrate decreased 'no-reflow' and better preservation of ventricular function in animals treated for only two days with a statin.
