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Apollo Excelcare Hospital Creates History in Heart Care for the Northeast
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 12: Apollo Excelcare Hospital, Guwahati, has achieved a major medical milestone by successfully performing the first-ever combined Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) and angioplasty in the Northeast. This landmark achievement marks a major leap
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Gene therapy improves advanced heart failure in animal model: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"In this study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research, we show that advanced heart failure can be treated to improve cardiac function in an animal model," said corresponding author Dr Tamer M. A. Mohamed.
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Oxygen treatment increases cardiac function in COVID patients: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A small randomised experiment in individuals with post-COVID syndrome discovered that hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves the heart's capacity to contract normally.
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AI can assess cardiac function better than sonographers: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The findings are based on a first-of-its-kind, blinded, randomized clinical trial of AI in cardiology led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute and the Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at Cedars-Sinai
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Wireless pacemakers may be safe, useful for children with irregular heartb
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to new research published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association, wireless or leadless pacemakers, which are commonly implanted in adults, may be a safe and effective short-term option for children with slow heart
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Researchers find association between serotonin, heart valve disease
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a recent study led by scientists at the Department of Surgery at Columbia University in collaboration with the Pediatric Heart Valve Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the University of Pennsylvania, and the Valley Hospital Heart Institute, serotonin can affec
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Plant-based diets help improve cognitive health, cardiac function
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine found that by eating more plant-based food such as berries and green leafy vegetables, while limiting consumption of foods high in saturated fat and animal products, one can slow
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Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 26 (ANI): It saved lives in past epidemics of lung-damaging viruses. Now, the life-support option known as ECMO appears to be doing the same for many of the critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new international study.
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New drug may restore cardiac function after heart failure
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 27 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new experimental drug called Cimaglermin that may help restore cardiac functioning after heart failure.
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