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Roy Calne, a surgeon who led Europe's first liver transplant, has died aged 93
Roy Calne, a pioneer of organ transplantation who led Europe's first liver transplant operation in 1968, has died aged 93.
Jan 8, 2024
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News tagged with heart procedures
Cardiology
Smartwatches can pick up abnormal heart rhythms in kids, study finds
Smartwatches can help physicians detect and diagnose irregular heart rhythms in children, according to a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine.
Dec 13, 2023
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Surgery
A shape-shifting robotic catheter could make heart surgery safer
A beating heart makes for a formidable surgical arena, but a new robotic catheter could someday equip surgeons to operate in the cardiac environment with greater ease.
Dec 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New treatment may restore sense of smell in patients with long COVID
Using an image-guided minimally invasive procedure, researchers may be able to restore the sense of smell in patients who have suffered with long-COVID, according to research being presented next week at the annual meeting ...
Nov 20, 2023
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Cardiology
US experts carry out second pig-to-human heart transplant
A 58-year-old man this week became the world's second patient to receive a transplant of a genetically modified pig heart, the latest milestone in a growing field of medical research.
Sep 24, 2023
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Cardiology
A Philadelphia surgeon is a leader in robotic heart surgery. Why aren't more following?
Cardiothoracic surgeon Francis Sutter sits in a corner of a darkened operating room at Lankenau Medical Center, his head buried in what looks like a large virtual-reality headset.
Jul 27, 2023
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Cardiology
Virtual blood vessel technology could improve heart disease care
Patients with heart disease could benefit from less extensive interventions thanks to cutting-edge technology that creates 3D computer models of blood flow through the heart's arteries, according to research presented at ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Cardiology
Infective endocarditis: What it is, symptoms and treatments
Imagine getting your tooth extracted and a bacterial infection develops afterwards that travels down to your heart.
Apr 25, 2023
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Cardiology
A video-based decision support tool may aid decision-making for Black individuals considering ICD implantation
A randomized clinical trial of Black patients eligible for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has found that the use of a video-based decision support tool increased knowledge of but not assent to ICD implantation. ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Neuroscience
Preterm babies do not habituate to repeated pain, shows study
Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.
Mar 16, 2023
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