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Future prostate cancer treatments might be guided by math

Scientists have designed a first draft of a mathematical model that someday could guide treatment decisions for advanced prostate cancer, in part by helping doctors predict how individual patients will respond to therapy ...

Cancer created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Outside the box: Team uses brain aneurysm treatment to stop irregular heart rhythms

For the first time, a UCLA team has used a technique normally employed in treating brain aneurysms to treat severe, life-threatening irregular heart rhythms in two patients.

Cardiology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reseachers develop new 3-D technology to treat atrial fibrillation

Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center have developed a new 3-D technology that for the first time allows cardiologists the ability to see the precise source of atrial fibrillation ...

Cardiology created May 11, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researcher identifies nearly 100 studies supporting use of thermal ablation to treat lung cancer

The journal Radiology will publish in its September issue an article written by Damian E. Dupuy, M.D., director of tumor ablation at Rhode Island Hospital, supporting the use of ablation procedures for the treatment of lun ...

Cancer created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Snipping key nerves may help life threatening heart rhythms

What do sweaty palms and abnormal heart rhythms have in common? Both can be initiated by the nervous system during adrenaline-driven "flight or fight" stress reaction when the body senses danger.

Cardiology created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simplifying heart surgery with stretchable electronics devices

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering are part of a team that has used stretchable electronics to create a multipurpose medical catheter that can both monitor heart functions ...

Cardiology created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Results from the first European registry

Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (Afib) is safe and suppresses arrhythmia recurrences in 74% of patients after a single procedure, according to results from the one-year follow-up of the Atrial Fibrillation Ablation ...

Cardiology created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Freeze and desist: Disabling cardiac cells that can cause arrhythmia

Many patients are responding to a new, minimally invasive way of treating irregular heartbeats by freezing out the bad cells. Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is one such heart rhythm disorder, and it's the most common arrhythmia ...

Cardiology created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New procedure treats atrial fibrillation

Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are performing a new procedure to treat atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat.

Cardiology created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ablation

Ablation is removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. This occurs in spaceflight during ascent and atmospheric reentry, glaciology, medicine, and passive fire protection.

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