Frailty is a condition characterized by increased vulnerability and decline in physical function. It's a growing concern in the aging population, particularly among those with heart disease.
Jun 10, 2025
0
0
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a machine learning tool that can help doctors manage blood sugar levels in patients recovering from heart surgery, a critical but often difficult task ...
May 28, 2025
0
0
The molecular mechanism behind why heart attacks can vary in severity depending on the time of day has been uncovered by researchers at UTHealth Houston, potentially paving the way for innovative treatments that align with ...
Apr 23, 2025
0
0
Florey researchers, in collaboration with practicing clinicians who routinely care for heart surgery patients, have developed a world-first animal model to understand how cardiac surgery requiring the use of a heart-lung ...
Apr 17, 2025
0
1
Stress during the first years of life can have effects that last into adulthood. Less is known, however, about the possible inheritance of the consequences of early-life stress by the next generation. Now, scientists at the ...
Apr 2, 2025
0
23
In patients experiencing excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery, a concentrated blood product containing proteins that help the blood clot was significantly more effective and caused fewer adverse effects than frozen plasma, ...
Mar 31, 2025
0
0
One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery—with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led by Michigan Medicine.
Feb 19, 2025
0
0
Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality (VR) can be an effective tool to reduce ...
Feb 12, 2025
0
0
A study presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for patients aged 60 and younger compared ...
Jan 27, 2025
0
0
Trametinib, a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitor, reduces mortality and morbidity in children with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) caused by pathogenic variants in the RAS/MAPK pathway, according to ...
Jan 8, 2025
0
0
Cardiovascular surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, coronary artery bypass grafting), correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease from various causes including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation.
This text uses material from Wikipedia licensed under CC BY-SA
