Doctors say that identifying the right patients will be critical to the future of the field. Only time will tell, according to trialists.

Portosystemic shunt (PSS) — also known as a liver shunt — in dogs is a medical condition that affects the normal flow of blood through the liver. Under typical circumstances, blood from the intestine, ...

For babies born with a certain heart defect, implantation of a "shunt" is essential to their survival. A new type of shunt can be expanded using light after it's been implanted, potentially ...

Using information in medical records for more than 1,100 emergency room visits, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center say they have developed a scoring tool that helps more accurately predict ...

Hydrocephalus, commonly known as fluid or water on the brain, can occur in the womb or be caused by hemorrhage, tumors, trauma or infection. The "water" in this case is an excess of cerebrospinal ...

LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Adona Medical, a Shifamed portfolio company that aims to deliver advanced solutions for heart failure, announced today the successful first-in-human ...

Children born with defects that impair the heart's lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a plastic tube called a shunt to ...

Results from early clinical evaluation of the Alleviant System to treat heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF and HFrEF) was presented today as late-breaking ...

HINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Having successfully concluded an independent in-vitro laboratory study and published the positive results earlier this year, the operational ...

HINGHAM, Mass., Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbot Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: MBOT), announced that it will be presenting the Company’s Self-Cleaning Shunt (SCS) at the 16th Asian Australasian ...