Abdominal Aorta

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Abdominal Aorta

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

One-stop CT, MR imaging: Future in diabetic care?

Quantifying body fat and other clinical factors in obese patients with diabetes using CT or magnetic resonance (MR) may help physicians detect and manage comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, according a review published in the May issue of Diabetes ... [Published Cardiovascular Business - May 15 2013]

Entities: Patient, Obesity, Ultrasound

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Is a charting error a federal crime?

As cardiovascular surgeon John Natale, M.D., sits in federal prison, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago heard his appeal on April 18.After a seven-year investigation, Dr. Natale was indicted for Medicare fraud. Unlike the majority of federal ... [Published MedCity News - May 04 2013]

Entities: Aorta, Fraud, Crime, Kidney

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Genesis Healthcare Cardiac Catheterization Lab

Cathy Huggins, MSN, RN-BC, CNL, CCRN, Ravin Miller, RN, MSN, Abdulhay Albirini, MD, FACC, Zanesville, OhioGenesis HealthCare System is an integrated health care delivery system based in Zanesville, Ohio, located one hour east of Columbus, Ohio. The system ... [Published Cath Lab Digest - May 04 2013]

Entities: Genesis Healthcare Corp, Angioplasty, Radiation

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Stony Brook Vascular Surgeons Perform Long Island's First Fenestrated Endografts

Custom-made stent device offers new treatment options for abdominal aortic aneurysmsDrs. Shang A. Loh and Apostolos K. TassiopoulosSTONY BROOK, N.YFEVAR addresses a common limitation of standard endografts, allowing minimally invasive endovascular repair ... [Published Health Canal - May 01 2013]

Entities: Endovascular Aneurysm Repair, Patient, Aortic Aneurysm

First reported Mar 26 2013 - Updated Mar 26 2013 - 1 reports

Doctors perform surgery under hypnosis

This is pretty incredible: the first surgery of its kind performed under hypnosis.Doctors in Paris performed abdominal aorta surgery on an 82-year-old man using no anesthesia, just hypnosis. Doctors say this allows for a quicker recovery.When asked whether ... [Published KVUE News Online - Mar 26 2013]

Entities: Abdominal Aorta, Paris, Patient

First reported Mar 04 2013 - Updated Mar 04 2013 - 1 reports

Babies of obese mums at higher risk of heart disease - study

Obese pregnant mothers could be increasing their baby's chances of developing heart disease, a new study shows.A University of Sydney study found the walls of the body's major artery-the aorta-are already thickened in babies born to mothers who are overweight ... [Published ONE News - Mar 04 2013]

Entities: Obesity, Heart Disease, Overweight, Artery, Eating Disorder

First reported Feb 25 2013 - Updated Feb 25 2013 - 1 reports

BMH offers community free heart and vascular screenings

Blount Memorial Hospital held its first ever free heart and vascular screening event Saturday in honor of American Heart Month, an event drawing some 350 people from the community.The free screenings, which also included blood draws to test blood sugar, ... [Published Maryville Daily Times - Feb 25 2013]

Entities: Heart Disease, Surgeon, Heart Attack, Abdominal Aorta

First reported Dec 13 2012 - Updated Dec 13 2012 - 1 reports

A Novel Treatment for the Midaortic Syndrome

To the Editor: The midaortic syndrome is a rare entity, characterized by coarctation of the abdominal aorta, which is usually discovered during a workup for hypertension in a child. Renal vessels, mesenteric vessels, or both may also be affected to varying ... [Published The New England Journal of Medicine: Nephrology - Dec 13 2012]

Entities: Abdominal Aorta, Vessel, Hypertension

First reported Dec 12 2012 - Updated Dec 12 2012 - 1 reports

(Only) human

Chatting with some med students, a good question was raised: how do we, as doctors, deal with the emotional baggage we encounter in our profession? It's high stress, we see disturbing things, and sometimes we make mistakes that can result in harm to patients. ... [Published Movin' Meat - Dec 12 2012]

Entities: Detachment, Abdominal Aorta, Aortic Aneurysm, Sublimation, Gallbladder

Quotes

"We want all of our public screenings to be completely appropriate" he said

Hospitals, testing companies face questions about value of community screenings [Published Herald & Review - 1 hour ago]

...that generate followup procedures and unnecessary operations drive up the cost of care, generate needless anxiety, and put patients at risk. "It's outrageous that they could be advertising and calling those tests life-saving, because they're not" UCSF cardiologist Rita Redberg told U S News...

When Hospitals Sponsor Lifesaving Tests That Aren't [Published US News & World Report - May 14 2013]

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