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Angioplasty

30+ years of opening coronary arteries without opening the chest.

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  • September 2007
    • Scientists Solve Estrogen Heart Mystery

      Scientists Solve Estrogen Heart Mystery

      (Newser) - A compound created as the body processes cholesterol was to blame for giving scientists conflicting data about the effect of hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women, researchers say. Initial studies had found that estrogen helps keep the heart healthy, but a later study reported that women taking estrogen actually exhibited higher levels of coronary disease. More »

  • August 2007
    • Human Stem Cells Grow Heart Muscle

      Human Stem Cells Grow Heart Muscle

      (Newser) - Researchers are using human embryonic stem cells to regrow heart muscle and actually stop the progression of heart failure in rats. Although stems cells injected into rat heart tissue had previously been shown to become muscle tissue, very few had survived. Now  a team from the University of Washington has succeeded in turning as many as half the cells into heart muscle, and keeping them alive. More »

    • Simple Technique Could Bypass Cardiac Arrest

      Simple Technique Could Bypass Cardiac Arrest

      (Newser) - A simple technique temporarily restricting the arm's blood supply before heart bypass surgery significantly improves the chances of a full recovery—and could one day be used to prevent cardiac arrest, reports the Guardian . The technique uses cycles of arm compressions with cuffs to remotely restrict  blood flow to the heart. More »

  • July 2007
    • Docs Replace Cheney's Heart Implant

      Docs Replace Cheney's Heart Implant

      (Newser) - Doctors have replaced Dick Cheney's defibrillator "without complication," a spokeswoman for the VP says. A checkup last month revealed that the battery in the 6-year-old cardiac implant was running low, and yesterday doctors performed a routine procedure to swap out the power source without affecting the wires that connect to the heart, the AP reports. More »

  • June 2007
    • Plane Crash Kills Transplant Team

      Plane Crash Kills Transplant Team

      (Newser) - Six members of a transplant team on a life-saving mission were killed when their plane plunged into Lake Michigan, 6 miles from Milwaukee. The AP reports the team included the pilot and co-pilot  of the Cessna Citation, a cardiac surgeon, a transplant donor specialist and a trainee in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. The organs were also lost. More »

  • April 2007
    • Heart Valve Grown From Stem Cells

      (Newser) - A  British team has grown a human heart valve from stem cells—a breakthrough certain to ignite as much controversy as hope. Sir Magdi Yacoub, professor of cardiac surgery at Imperial College, tells the Guardian that growing a whole human heart from stem cells is less than a decade away: "I wouldn't be surprised if it was some day sooner than we think." More »

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Cardium's Corgentin (Ad5IGF-I) preclinical product candidate is a next-generation DNA-based therapeutic using the insulin-like growth factor-I gene carried by an adenovector that is being developed as...   (AP Photo)
Cardium's Corgentin (Ad5IGF-I) preclinical product candidate is a next-generation DNA-based therapeutic using the insulin-like growth factor-I gene carried by an adenovector that is being developed as...   (AP Photo)
This is an undated photo provided by Boston Scientific that shows the drug-coated Taxus Express Paclitaxel Eluding Coronary Stent System. Wall Street analysts and many doctors expect another potential...   (AP Photo)
The Medtronic Endeavor Drug-Eluting Stent. (Photo   (AP Photo)
In this 80 second exposure an East Texas Medical Center's Air One helicopter is seen crossing the night sky traveling from left to right, while returning to the Tyler, Texas hospital, Saturday, April...   (AP Photo)
Bryce Caldwell, a 2 1/2 year old who had open heart surgery shortly after birth to correct a congenital heart defect, wears the red survivors cap and participates in the 2007 American Heart Association's...   (AP Photo)
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