PREVIEW
OF YOUR NEWS WIDGETHeart news and heart widget
Thursday, November 13, 2008 ( change date )
Portola Announces Data Showing Its Anti-Platelet Drug Inhibits Platelets In Clopidogrel (Plavix(R)) Non-Responders
Portola Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative drugs that provide significant advances in cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases, and cancer, announced new clinical data that demonstrate PRT060128, the Company's novel anti-platelet drug that directly and reversibly inhibits the P2Y12 ADP receptor, overcomes high platelet reactivity (HPR) in patients who do not respond to clopidogrel (Plavix(R)).
Medicalnewstoday.com Thursday, November 13, 2008Vascular Surgeons Agree: Case Rehearsal Improves Outcomes
Surgeons at the University of rochester medical Center, NY indicated that patient-specific CTA data can be converted to an endovascular simulator (ANGIO Mentor(TM), Simbionix US) with high face validity.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thursday, November 13, 2008Advances In Cardiac Care At Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset, England
Dr Stuart Walker, Consultant Cardiologist at Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton, recently told a meeting about how advances in cardiac care would benefit patients in Somerset. Dr Walker was the guest speaker at the annual general meeting of the Trust and spoke about the treatment given to patient Mrs W recently. Brought in to Musgrove Park with heart failure, caused by a severe heart attack, Mrs W was taken straight to the cardiology department for emergency intervention.
Medicalnewstoday.com Thursday, November 13, 2008Doctors match machines in spotting heart disease: study (AFP)
AFP - A routine examination by a doctor works almost as well as an electrocardiogram -- better known as an ECG or EKG -- in predicting heart disease, according to a study published Friday.
yahoo.com Thursday, November 13, 2008Vest Monitors 'Individual' Air Pollution
Title: Vest Monitors 'Individual' Air PollutionCategory: health newscreated: 11/13/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 11/13/2008
MedicineNet Thursday, November 13, 2008Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare Spending
Title: Heart Failure Accounts for 37% of Medicare SpendingCategory: health newscreated: 11/13/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 11/13/2008 2:00:02 AM
MedicineNet Thursday, November 13, 2008Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart Transplant
Title: Death Rates Higher for Minority Children Awaiting Heart TransplantCategory: health newscreated: 11/13/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 11/13/2008
MedicineNet Thursday, November 13, 2008Gender Matches Benefit Heart Transplants
Title: Gender Matches Benefit Heart TransplantsCategory: health newscreated: 11/13/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 11/13/2008
MedicineNet Thursday, November 13, 2008Angioplasty Not Always Worth the Price
Title: Angioplasty Not Always Worth the PriceCategory: health newscreated: 11/13/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 11/13/2008
medicinenet.com Thursday, November 13, 2008With Angioplasty, More Is Better
Title: With Angioplasty, More Is BetterCategory: health newscreated: 11/13/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 11/13/2008
medicinenet.com Thursday, November 13, 20081 2
INSTALL YOUR WIDGET