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Open-heart and balloon angioplasty may not be indicated for patients with stable heart disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 12, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Nearly one-third of angioplasties, bypasses are ineffective or unneeded: researchers Reference: Regional Variation in Cardiac Catheterization Appropriateness and Baseline Risk After Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Walking-test may help assess risk of open-heart surgery in the elderly
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 2, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: The Newest Heart Test Is Low-Tech
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Open-heart surgery patients recover faster with superglue for breastbone
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 25, 2010 Source: ‘Superglue’ helps heart patients recover faster: study
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A better solution to reconnect the sternum after open chest surgery
The challenge: offer to undergraduate students at John Hopkins University to design a better way to reconnect the breastbone or sternum after open heart surgery. The reason: a half-century-old technique of using steel wires that pierced the bone and pulled the halves together poses some risks to both the surgeon and the patient. The 11-member…