When doing open-heart surgery, the surgeon needs a still heart and lungs to work. The patient still needs oxygen circulated through the bloodstream to survive. Thus, cardiovascular perfusionists (also ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who underwent a stress myocardial perfusion PET scan, increasing magnitude of stress myocardial ...
SpecialtyCare, the largest and most experienced provider of clinical services to hospitals, announced today that is has completed the acquisition of Advanced Perfusion Care, Inc. (APC), the second ...
The emerging advantages of positron-emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis and assessment of cardiovascular event risk has prompted ...
Systemic effects of surgery: Quantitative analysis of circulating basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) in ...
Surgical decisions of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients following genetic referral. Use of a 3-dimensional lumpectomy marker for targeting interstitial accelerated partial breast irradiation ...
A new medical technology expected to be on the market in 2027 is poised to help patients in middle America have greater access to heart transplants. Xvivo Perfusion, a leader in organ transplant ...
Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953. Dr. John Gibbon was a researcher and surgeon at Jefferson Medical ...
TransMedics Group (NasdaqGM:TMDX) received full FDA approval for its Next-Generation OCS ENHANCE Heart trial. The decision ...