Minimally invasive cardiac procedure allows Central Florida patient to continue active lifestyle
The scare sent him to see Dr. Kevin Accola, a cardiothoracic surgeon at AdventHealth. Dr. Accola performed a transcutaneous aortic valve replacement, or TAVR procedure. It’s a minimally invasive ...
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Societies Update Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Implantable Devices
Much has changed since the 2013 document came out, with new information on pacing devices, techniques, and more.
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Learning to save lives
WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital staff members have new tools to teach them improved techniques for saving lives, thanks to ...
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Certain combinations of long-term health conditions reduce quality of life
Clusters involving chronic pain, depression, and cardiovascular disease were all associated with worse overall quality of life. The data analysed from the UK Biobank showed that clusters of MLTCs with ...
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Thousands of people experience cardiac arrest each year. CPR can be life-saving.
A cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time, and just doing CPR, you can double and triple survival rates, and this is what we need. We need lives to be saved. DETROW: That is Katherine Y. Brown ...
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Blinkit’s 10-minute ambulance service puts the spotlight on why India needs more life support units
and advanced cardiac life support. As per data available with the National Health Mission, India had only 17,495 operational basic life support (BLS) ambulances until December 2023. The number of ...
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Minister seeks professionals’ support to tackle cardiovascular diseases
and prevention of sudden cardiac death, focusing on life-saving interventions such as electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation, Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).
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Hamilton woman on life support after being pulled from Stoney Creek pool
A Hamilton woman in her 30s is on life support after being pulled out of a Stoney Creek community pool Monday, police say. The woman was found in critical condition and without vital signs when ...
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New Legislation Will Help Schools Handle Heart Emergencies
SATURDAY, Dec. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Schoolkids will be better able to save the life of a cardiac arrest victim, thanks to a new law signed this week by President Joe Biden. The Cardiomyopathy ...
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Rutland mom, twin newborns die after being taken off life support
A new mother and her two newborn babies were all taken off life support Friday night after fighting for their lives in the hospital the past two weeks. Ciara Sullivan, of Rutland, the wife of ...
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Rutland rallies around firefighter whose wife and newborns are on life support
On Friday, Ciara and the twins were scheduled to be taken off life support. Despite some unforeseen miracle, the prognosis wasn’t good, Knipe said. “Heartfelt well-wishes and generosity of ...