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Interview with Tal Golesworthy, Inventor of the ExoVasc Aortic Root Support
Tal Golesworthy is the inventor of the ExoVasc, a bespoke implant that supports the aortic root when it has becomes weak and dilated. Tal’s invention was born out of his personal need for the device to support his aorta that was expanding dangerous...
Source: Medgadget - April 10, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Crippling drug costs: the role of insurers
Drug costs in the U.S. are higher than in in any other industrialized country in the world. Our cost for an insulin glargine (long-acting insulin) pen is $76.80 and in Canada, so very few miles away, it costs $19.60. The latter price is reasonable. The former price can make the difference between being able to afford a life-saving drug and dying. It is illegal, however, for a U.S. citizen to buy his or her insulin, or any other drug available in the U.S., from another country.
Costs of pharmaceuticals in other countries are usually regulated by the government. Not so in the U.S. This is due to the lobbying power of U.S. ph...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 27, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/janice-boughton" rel="tag" > Janice Boughton, MD < /a > Tags: Meds Cardiology Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Philips Unveils First Live Tele-Ultrasound System
Philips, in a partnership with Innovative Imaging Technologies, a company out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is releasing the first telemedicine system that transmits live ultrasound images during scans performed by a paramedic or nurse to a physician...
Source: Medgadget - March 27, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Surgery Telemedicine Urology Source Type: blogs
aerSleep System for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Interview)
TTP Ventus, UK-based developer of Disc Pump, a tiny, quiet, and very efficient pump, and Sommetrics, US-based creator of aerSleep negative-pressure treatment system for obstructive sleep apnea, teamed up to develop the slimmed-down tetherless aerSlee...
Source: Medgadget - March 14, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Exclusive Medicine Source Type: blogs
ST-Elevation in aVR with diffuse ST-Depression: An ECG pattern that you must know and understand!
This case comes from Sam Ghali (@EM_RESUS). A 60-year-old man calls 911 after experiencing sudden onset chest pain, palpitations, and shortness of breath. Here are his vital signs:HR: 130-160, BP: 140/75, RR:22, Temp: 98.5 F, SaO2: 98%This is his 12-Lead ECG:He is in atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response at a rate of around 140 bpm. There are several abberantly conducted beats. There is ST-Elevation in aVR of several millimeters and diffuse ST-Depression with the maximal depression vector towards Lead II in the limb leads and towards V5 in the precordial leads.ECG reading is all ab...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 28, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
U.S. to Get Its Own Supply of Radioisotopes Thanks to Approval of RadioGenix System
A good deal of advanced medical imaging to spot cancer tumors, and help to diagnose coronary artery disease and other conditions, relies on injecting radioisotopes into the body whose location can be tracked. The most common is technetium-99m (Tc-99m...
Source: Medgadget - February 8, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Nuclear Medicine Oncology Radiation Oncology Source Type: blogs
New paper by Smith: New Insights Into Use of the 12-Lead ECG for Diagnosing Acute MI in the Emergency Department
We just published this paper in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. The February 2018 issue is on " Advances and Controversies in Cardiac Emergency Care: "New Insights Into the Use of the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram for Diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency DepartmentIt is a very comprehensive update, concentrating on the ECG diagnosis of acute coronary occlusion and its look-alikes.Unfortunately, it will be difficult for many to get full text.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X1731173X
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 8, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Chest pain, sinus tachycardia, and ST Elevation
I was reading through ECGs on the system when I saw this one:Sinus tachycardia, rate 120Computerized QTc = 380 msWhat do you think? I was immediately worried about a proximal LAD occlusion. Although sinus tachycardia generally argues against ACS, a large anterior MI may result in such poor stroke volume that there is compensatory tachycardia and possibly impending cardiogenic shock. I looked to see if there was an ED cardiac ultrasound, and there was:Parasternal Long Axis:Poor image, but one can see that there is poor apical functionParasternal short axis:This shows poor contractility of the anterior wall.C...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 22, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
The 10 Most Exciting Digital Health Stories of 2017
Gene-edited human embryo. Self-driving trucks. Practical quantum computers. 2017 has been an exciting year for science, technology – and digital health! It’s that time of the year again when it’s worth looking back at the past months; and list the inventions, methods and milestone events in healthcare to get a clearer picture what will shape medicine for the years to come.
2017 – Amazing year for science and healthcare
Scientists, researchers, and innovators come up with amazing breakthroughs every year, and that was no different in 2017 either. No matter whether we look at physics (proving the existence of gra...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 13, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing artificial intelligence digital health genetics genomics Healthcare Innovation Personalized medicine robotics technology wearables Source Type: blogs
The Future of Emergency Medicine: Innovations Making Patients The Point-of-Care
Every minute spent without treatment could reduce the chance of survival in case of medical emergency and trauma patients. Digital health innovations making patients the point-of-care could become a great help for first responders and emergency units in the battle against time. Here, we collected what trends and technologies will have an impact on the future of emergency medicine.
Six minutes before brain damage
Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters. The difference between life and death often depends on the speed and efficiency of emergency care services. The work of doctors, paramedics, and nurses being in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: imported CPR digital health emergency emergency medicine EMS first aid first response future Health 2.0 Healthcare Innovation technology Source Type: blogs
EluNIR Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent from Medinol Wins European Clearance
Medinol, a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has announced that its EluNIR drug eluting stent received the CE Mark of approval in Europe. The device is coated with ridaforolimus to help prevent restenosis and is designed be both highly flexible whi...
Source: Medgadget - October 30, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Will Phase Space Tomography Revolutionize Cardiac Diagnostics? Interview with Don Crawford, CEO of Analytics 4 Life
Caution – Investigational Device. Limited by Federal Law to Investigational Use. CorVista™ is not available for commercial distribution.
Human body emits all kinds of signals that, if analyzed with the proper sensors and computers, can help u...
Source: Medgadget - October 30, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Exclusive Radiology Source Type: blogs
Multiple arterial grafts give better long term results – Canadian study
(Representative image of multiple arterial revascularization)
A Canadian study [1] published in JAMA Cardiology has shown lower long term mortality, repeat revascularization, myocardial infarction and heart failure in patients receiving multiple arterial grafts as compared to those single LIMA (left internal mammary artery) graft along with SVG (saphenous vein grafts). Of over twenty thousand patients with triple vessel or left main disease who underwent CABG (coronary artery bypass graft), about 5600 received multiple arterial grafts and around 14500 received LIMA graft along with SVG. Subgroup analyses showed that the ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - October 12, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology CABG coronary artery bypass graft Coronary artery bypass grafting left main disease LIMA LITA RIMA RITA triple vessel disease Source Type: blogs
Wireless, Handheld Ultrasound for iOS and Android: Interview with Laurent Pelissier, CEO of Clarius Mobile Health
Clarius Mobile Health, a Canadian firm, is a pioneering company specializing in portable solutions for ultrasound diagnostics. Since its debut, it has surprised and impressed us with its tiny portable ultrasounds. Clarius offers the only app...
Source: Medgadget - September 20, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Yuriy Sarkisov Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Exclusive Ob/Gyn Pediatrics Surgery Source Type: blogs
CORolla, a New Device to Treat Diastolic Heart Failure
At the Rambam Health Care Campus in Israel, a new device has just been implanted for the first time in a patient with diastolic heart failure. The CORolla device from CorAssist Cardiovascular, a company based in Haifa, Israel, is designed to help the...
Source: Medgadget - August 29, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
