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A team of researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHUSU; Eugene) and Washington University (St. Louis) say they have described for the first time the mechanism that gives a mutant enzyme molecule that they have engineered and patented with potential to become a breakthrough drug for treating heart attacks and strokes.
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Stem Cell Therapeutics (SCT; Calgary, Alberta) at this year's Stroke meeting reported favorable results from its Beta-hCG + Erythropoietin in Acute Stroke (BETAS) Phase IIa, open label, safety trial conducted at the University of California, Irvine and Hoag Presbyterian Memorial Hospital (Newport Beach, California).
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In this paper, corrado and colleagues describe the results of endocardial voltage mapping (EVM) and endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) in 27 patients with ventricular arrhythmias who were suspected to have a subtle manifestation of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D).
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Clinical features of flash pulmonary edema (PE) are poorly understood. Thus, Dal-Bianco and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic studied the records of patients coded as pulmonary edema and identified 37 patients who had first-time flash PE and an echocardiogram and a BNP level within 24 hours.
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Risk prediction algorithms for non-cardiac surgery and therapeutic trials have focused on the prevention of myocardial ischemic events.
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For many years, treatment of acute MI with ST segment elevation (STEMI) has been fibrinolytic therapy or percutaneous intervention (PCI), with the primary objective to engage patients as soon as possible after the onset of chest pain in efforts to remove or decrease thrombus burden.
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The radiology lab at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in the Boston area has nearly cut the wait time for patients in half through the implementation of a Six Sigma process improvement initiative. What's more, the program has also saved the department more than $700,000 with increased efficiency.
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Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver has launched a Patient Navigator Program, becoming the fifth site in the state to participate in a nationwide effort to extend the reach of the American Cancer Society's (ACS) initiative, designed to assist individual cancer patients in negotiating the health care system.
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A unique partnership between SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood, MO, and six physician groups has created a separate new company to manage a pilot nursing unit designed to develop and test new patient care processes for the future SSM St. Clare Health Center.
