Category Archives: Cardiac Surgery

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LISBON, Portugal Many cardiovascular clinical trials have been controversial, but few have had their controversies explode on an international stage in quite this way. A noted cardiothoracic surgeon who is an early member of the EXCEL trial's executive committee took a conference podium to charge that trialists "manipulated" data in a way that tilted the results in favor of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared to coronary bypass surgery (CABG) Continue reading →

Division/SchoolBristol Medical SchoolContract typeOpen EndedWorking patternFull timeSalary52,560 - 59,135 per annumClosing date for applications17-Nov-2019 This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced medical statistician with a strong track record in applied clinical trials research to join one of the UKs leading UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered Clinical Trials Units in Bristol. The post is at the Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor level but for an exceptional candidate an appointment at the Professorial level may be considered Continue reading →

It is imperative that people in developing countries know how to use the latest technologies as they become available This week they gave out Nobel Prizes for different disciplines. From the time I graduated from medical college I have followed the prize given out for medicine or physiology. Continue reading →

Final demolition of the former Sugnet Building, also known as the original Midland Hospital, is now underway, kicking off phase two of a three-year construction project on the campus of MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland. (Photo provided/MidMichigan Health) Final demolition of the former Sugnet Building, also known as the original Midland Hospital, is now underway, kicking off phase two of a three-year construction project on the campus of MidMichigan Medical Final demolition of the former Sugnet Building, also known as the original Midland Hospital, is now underway, kicking off phase two of a three-year construction project on the campus of MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland Continue reading →

It was a routine heart operation which was all going smoothly until one thing led to another and the surgeon set fire to his patient. The alarming but entertaining story of how a patient was flambed on the operating table was told at Cheltenham literature festival by the leading heart surgeon and Guardian crossword setter, Samer Nashef Continue reading →

In an effort to prevent post-operative vision loss, Dr. David Anschel is on a mission to convince hospitals to adopt his invention. Its not common for patients to lose their vision after surgery. Continue reading →

The team involved in pioneering a new procedure that, instead of open heart surgery, fixes a deadly heart arrhythmia with a non-invasive procedure that takes only minutes includes Professor of Cardiology Dr. Continue reading →

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Complicated surgery at NICVD saves life of nine-year-old boy Doctors at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) performed a complicated surgery on Monday to save the life a nine-year-old boy. Four medical professionals, including two paediatric cardiac surgeons, of the NICVD participated in the operation that lasted one and a half hours. The boy, Arsalan, was badly injured as a screwdriver had pierced through his chest near the heart. Continue reading →