Open heart surgery: Clinicians don't know the best way to support patients with post-operative pain, study finds

Every year, more than 12,000 Australians undergo open heart surgery—an hours-long medical procedure during which surgeons go ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Risk Assessments of Drug-Related Problems for Cardiac Surgery Patients

Risk assessments of drug-related problems for cardiac surgery patients can be conducted by implementing a framework for patient safety. Objectives: Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are considered ...

Novel sirolimus-eluting balloon appears noninferior to conventional therapies for treatment of in-stent restenosis

Results from the first randomized clinical trial in the United States to compare a sirolimus-eluting balloon (DEB) to a ...
MassDevice

Pulse Biosciences enrolls first patient in NANOCLAMP PFA trial

Pulse Biosciences (Nasdaq:PLSE) today announced the enrollment of the first patient in its NANOCLAMP AF study for treating ...
Healio

Obesity medication use plummets after bariatric surgery; cardiovascular drug use rebounds

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lipid-lowering and antidiabetic medication use decreased in patients who underwent bariatric surgery vs. those ...
UUHC Health Feed

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Surgery: First Rib Resection

A first rib resection is a surgery to remove your first rib. Thoracic surgeons offer this surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndrome is compression of the nerves or blood ...