Bhuvneshwar Bhujan, a 21-year-old Indian hockey player, had a heart bypass operation on March 3 and had to have a blood transfusion from a donor on May 4. Bhujan underwent surgery at the Chennai-based Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Cardiac Surgery and Neurosurgery (RGICS) on March 4, a day before his 18th birthday. “We have to get his […]
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A Texas woman who was admitted to the hospital after suffering a heart attack in the intensive care unit is recovering in a medically-equipped Green Heart unit, officials said Friday.The 41-year-old woman had been at the hospital for about a month after a heart ailment.She had had three previous surgeries for other heart problems, including […]
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The idea of a robot heart transplant is gaining momentum, and there are a growing number of companies developing their own systems.In this article, we’ll take a look at a new robot heart system developed by a company called The Heart and Brain Institute.The company’s founder, Dr. Daniel Fischman, is an engineer who was an […]
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In the world of surgery, surgery has the ability to be done in less than a day.That’s not the case with heart surgery, which can take anywhere from two weeks to more than six months to complete.Nowhere is that longer-term waiting time more evident than in the US.The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute reports […]
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As the world waits for the arrival of the first batch of heart surgeons from India, the country is celebrating with an assortment of heart surgery related events.Here are the highlights of this week’s festivities:Swaraj’s heart surgery at the UK’s Royal Victoria Hospital will take place at the end of this month.This will be the […]
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We had a heart problem in the summer of 2016 and had surgery to treat it.The doctor suggested that we take the drugs that we’d already been prescribed to prevent the clot from forming.However, there was a small chance that the drugs could cause the clot to rupture, so we took a chance on the […]
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There’s a lot to love about the heart, but the heart can also be a bit of a sore spot when it comes to cancer treatments.With the right therapy and the right heart valve surgery, a patient can experience all of the benefits of the cancer treatment without the need to go through the whole […]
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The heart is one of the most vulnerable organs in the body.It is one reason people with heart disease have a higher rate of death.A heart attack is a major cause of death, accounting for more than 20% of all deaths.It can be treated by surgery or other methods, but it can also be fatal.Here […]
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An article by Mashable reader “Lenny,” a resident in Los Angeles, told us that a heart surgery he received in the summer of 2016 is the best thing that has ever happened to him.“I went to get a blood test for my husband and we had the blood test done and they told me I […]
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A New York man who had surgery to treat his bear heart disease had a heart attack when he went into cardiac arrest in a hospital, according to a report.According to an ABC News report published Tuesday, a patient at New York University Medical Center was diagnosed with acute cardiomyopathy in June of 2017, and […]
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