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Researchers find no benefit for treatment used to avoid surgery for abdomi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Patients with a vascular condition, called the abdominal aortic aneurysm, received no benefits from taking a common antibiotic drug to reduce inflammation, finds a new landmark study.
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Chennai: First in India, an elderly person undergoes complex surgery at SI
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Dec 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): For the first time in India, an elderly gentleman underwent a successful surgery for correction of multiple anomalies of aorta (acute type-A dissection, leakage in aortic valve and a tear in the distal end of the aorta), in a single-stag
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Researchers discover new mechanism in genetics to treat little hearts
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): Heart is known as the pump to the body, which works in co-ordination with valves divided in between the left and the right ventricle. Researchers have discovered a new mechanism involved in a common congenital disease of the aortic valve located in the le
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Fluoroquinolones antibiotics associated with risk of heart problems
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 11 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have established the link between one of the most commonly prescribed class of antibiotics and heart problems.
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Michael Philip Jagger undergoes heart valve replacement
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Delhi [India], Apr 5 (ANI): The Rolling Stones frontman Michael Philip Jagger has successfully undergone, what is being described as a "minimally invasive" heart valve replacement procedure, and is reportedly resting in an unspecified New York City hospital.
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Women more likely to have poorer outcomes following aortic surgery
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 14 (ANI): A new study now finds that women fare worse than men following aortic heart surgery.
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Prosthetic valve ups risk of death
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): A new research found that patients who undergo a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) suffer an increased risk of death and heart failure.
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Elevated BP is linked to aortic valve disease
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 13 (ANI): Turns out, people with a long-term problem of blood pressure has an increased risk of aortic valve disease (AVD) - problems with the valve that controls how blood is pumped from the left ventricle of the heart out into the main artery, the aorta.
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Winter blues, not just psychological!
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 27 (ANI): Turns out, winter months don't just affect people's mood but also their health, a new research has stated.
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Benefits, risks of minimally invasive TAVI procedure
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Aortic stenosis is an ailment that leads to the narrowing of the aortic valve of the heart, which normally allows blood flow to be pumped from the main chamber of heart to the rest of body.
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TAVI, an alternative to conventional cardiac surgery
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 5 (ANI): BGS Gleneagles Global Hospitals, a part of Parkway Pantai, successfully performed the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation or TAVI, a suitable alternative for aortic valve replacement surgery.
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Conscious sedation, a safe alternative to anesthesia for heart valve op
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 12 (ANI): There is now a safe and viable alternative to general anesthesia for people undergoing a minimally invasive heart procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to a recent study.
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