Country singer Mark Chesnutt underwent quadruple bypass surgery, which is done to reroute blood flow to the heart when arteries are blocked. (Frederick Breedon IV/WireImage via Getty Images) Chesnutt ...
Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953. Dr. John Gibbon was a researcher and surgeon at Jefferson Medical ...
Using heart-lung bypass machines with shorter circuits, for example, would limit the volume of blood-diluting solution needed to run the pump. Randomized trials to assess whether methods for ...
It's long been documented that women have a slimmer chance of surviving heart bypass surgery compared to men, and researchers believe that they now know why. Women tend to be more vulnerable to blood ...
What determines whether a patient will have “on-pump” or “off-pump” coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)? —Elissa Internicola Lebow, PA-C, Staten Island, N.Y. Patients may achieve an excellent ...
When a woman was brought to a RWJBarnabas hospital’s emergency room after collapsing at home, “She was diagnosed with acute heart failure and found to be in cardiogenic shock,” said Dr. Conor Barrett, ...
STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Northwell’s Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) has been awarded funding that will go toward life-saving equipment, ensuring that the medical center can continue to meet the ...
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