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Cardiology

Study suggests atrial fibrillation should be surgically treated when performing cardiac surgery

A recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine® researchers published in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, reveals that patients with an abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) ...

Apr 26, 2012

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Protocol reduces sternal wound infections in children by 61 percent

A two-year effort to prevent infections in children healing from cardiac surgery reduced sternum infections by 61 percent, a San Antonio researcher announced at the Cardiology 2012 conference Feb. 23 in Orlando, Fla.

Feb 27, 2012

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Washington University surgeons successfully use artificial lung in toddler

Two-year-old Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs.

Jun 16, 2011

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Page 13 - News tagged with thoracic surgery

Study suggests atrial fibrillation should be surgically treated when performing cardiac surgery

Protocol reduces sternal wound infections in children by 61 percent

Washington University surgeons successfully use artificial lung in toddler

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