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Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Stroke

Monday, May 11, 2009 | By Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You

Today I am writing to bring your attention to another gene found in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. There is a nice genetic review on the subject at GeneTests.org The problem with Aneurysms is that they are essentially ticking time bombs in the body often...

Aortic Aneurysm-CT

Sunday, June 21, 2009 | By Sumer's Radiology Site

CT image of a descending aortic aneurysm. From Sumer's Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com -The Top Radiology Magazine. Teleradiology Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at teleradproviders@gmail.com

Body's own veins provide superior material for aortic grafts

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | By Science Codex

DALLAS – Dec. 30, 2009 – A vascular surgical technique pioneered at UT Southwestern Medical Center and designed to replace infected aortic grafts with the body's own veins has proved more durable and less prone to new infection than similar...

Terrible Loss for the Blogosphere

Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | By The Mahablog

Several bloggers are reporting that Al Weisel, aka Jon Swift, died on February 27 of an aortic aneurysm.

Bush catches "Sicko," tackles nation's health-care crisis head-on

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 | By The Editor's Blog

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a photo-op so stupid it just has to be real: President Bush made a 20-minute stop at the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Center, where he performed a simulated brain surgery. Standing before a rubber replica of a human...

Aortic Dissection-CTA

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | By Sumer's Radiology Site

"Much has been written on the subject of aortic dissections, from the first well-documented case of aortic dissection, when King George II of England died while straining on the commode, to the first successful operative repairs by DeBakey in 1955, to...

Cook Medical Suing Endologix for Patent Infringement

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | By The Medical Quack

News release below. If you have read this blog long enough there’s quite a bit of information relative to Cook and their pulmonary medical devices and stents. Not only in devices, but also in drugs we are seeing many patent challenges...

Neurointerventionologist Removes a Brain Embolus with a Catheter

Friday, December 18, 2009 | By Lab Soft News

You may have heard about interventional radiologists. They are adept at guiding catheters to various organ sites via arteries and veins and then repairing damage or delivering doses of drugs locally. You can review the list of common IR procedures in the...

Marketing the O.R.

Sunday, March 26, 2006 | By The Webinar Blog

A very cool branch of webcasting is associated with live broadcasts of surgeries as they are being performed. Last week, I saw some press associated with a webcast showing cryoablation of a six-year old's heart to cure a rapid heartbeat. Monday at 4pm...

Partially thrombosed aneurysm versus thrombosed false lumen

Monday, July 13, 2009 | By Sumer's Radiology Site

Sometimes it is difficult to differentitate thrombosed false lumen from partially thrombosed aortic aneurysm as in this case. In this case the clue is peripherally placed intimal calcification which may suggest more likely possibility of partially...

Wireless Pacemakers Approved for Patient Use

Thursday, July 23, 2009 | By Med Tech Sentinel

With the U.S. approval of two new wireless devices from St. Jude Medical, pacemaker users may no longer have to see the doctor for follow-up visits. The Accent RF Pacemaker and Anthem RF CRT-P (Cardiac Resychronization Therapy Pacemaker) have been...

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