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AVI BioPharma Announces Close of Ercole Biotech Acquisition  -  24 Mar 2008
WELT ONLINE,AVIâ€™s NEUGENE compounds are also designed to treat cardiovascular restenosis in stent and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures.

Allon Reports 2007 Audited Operating Results and Updates 2008 Plans  -  24 Mar 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),AL-208 (intravenous) as a treatment for the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that commonly results from coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

â€¢ Another Heparin Producer Announces a Recall  -  24 Mar 2008
Consumer AffairsHeparin is commonly used before certain types of surgery, including coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and in kidney patients before they undergo

High-dose aprotinin effectively reduces blood loss during on-pump ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryMortality associated with aprotinin during 5 years following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. JAMA 2007;297:471-479.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThe risk factors for deep and superficial chest surgical-site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery are different. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Nfocus Neuromedical Receives CE Mark For The Cardiovasc  -  Feb 25, 2008
Medical Design Online,Inc. Saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease has been a problem facing the cardiologist since the early days of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Southeastern Heart Center adds beating heart surgery  -  Feb 25, 2008
Elizabethtown Bladen Journal,In these cases, off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery might be a reasonable and safer approach than the conventional approach.

Registered Nurse - RN  -  Mar 17, 2008
ADVANCE,The staff in the CSICU is comprised entirely of RNs with training in post-operative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) recovery and certified in managing

UPDATE 1-Medicure slumps on drug trial disappointment  -  Feb 25, 2008
Reuters...versus placebo on the incidence of cardiovascular death or nonfatal myocardial infarction following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

AVI BioPharma Announces 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full Year ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
WELT ONLINE,AVIâ€™s NEUGENE compounds are also designed to treat cardiovascular restenosis in stent and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures.

Web site to aid health decisions  -  Mar 18, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,For example, names of specific hospitals were included in some parts, but not others, in discussing bloodstream infections, coronary artery bypass graft

The surgeon, the statistics and the data  -  Feb 25, 2008
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (subscription)Do hospitals and surgeons with higher coronary artery bypass graft surgery volumes have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates?. Circulation 2003;108:795-801.

Statins exert class effect in heart failure  -  Mar 11, 2008
Medicexchange,...percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass graft surgery within the three years before or during they were hospitalized.

Galichia Heart Hospital's $10K bypass jolts industry  -  Feb 23, 2008
The Wichita Eagle,Galichia officials say the discounted rate applies to standard coronary artery bypass graft surgery, but only for cases where there is little chance for

Medicure still 'focused on our core objective' after heart drug ...  -  Feb 25, 2008
The Canadian Press...said the research on 3000 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery at 130 hospitals in North America and Europe "answered an important

Simple cure for a safer hospital  -  Mar 17, 2008
The Canberra Times,Another Australian study showed that a wound infection after coronary artery bypass graft could add an extra $31000 to the cost of this procedure.

Endo Licenses US Rights for Voltaren(R) Gel -- the First FDA ...  -  Mar 5, 2008
FOXBusinessVoltaren Gel is contraindicated for the treatment of peri-operative pain in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Medicure Announces Corporate Restructuring  -  Mar 5, 2008
FOXBusiness...incidence of cardiovascular death or nonfatal myocardial infarction up to and including 30 days following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Breast arterial calcifications: A tool to identify CAD?  -  Mar 7, 2008
TheHeart.Org,...previous stroke, and previous coronary artery bypass graft. BACs were strongly associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events (odds ratio

Dyax Corp. Announces First Market Approval from Licensing and ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
WELT ONLINE,Additionally, Dyax has completed a Phase 1/2 trial of DX-88 for the prevention of blood loss during on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures.

Posted -45 sec ago  -  Mar 1, 2008
Sudbury Star,This diagnostic will help the doctor choose the best treatment for a person with heart disease, such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Allon's Phase II Clinical Trial Shows Statistically Significant ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
FOXBusinessA Phase II study in mild cognitive impairment post-coronary artery bypass graft (MCI-CABG) is evaluating the potential for AL-208 to be used as a treatment

Women learn to maintain healthy hearts  -  Feb 28, 2008
McKinney Courier Gazette,Kourlis also spoke about the advances in medical treatment for the heart, adding that a coronary artery bypass graft, where blood flow is diverted around a

Restless Legs Syndrome is Associated with DSM-IV Major Depressive ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)...angina pectoris, heart attack, congestive heart failure, coronary angioplasty, or coronary artery bypass graft surgery; 3) history of diabetes,

Price Competition Comes to Hospitals!  -  Feb 26, 2008
World Health Care Blog,...will begin charging a flat fee of $10000 for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery for patients where there is little chance of complications.

Medicure cuts 50 jobs in corporate streamlining after failure of ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
940 News,...measure the effect on cardiovascular death or nonfatal myocardial infarction up to and including 30 days following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

CAS Medical Systems, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
CNNMoney.com (press release)Active study applications include aortic arch surgery, thoracic surgery, coronary artery bypass graft ("CABG") surgery, and orthopedic surgery.

Eisenhower Heart Surgeon Trains Top Physicians in India  -  Feb 27, 2008
The Desert Sun,Performed in conjunction with a coronary artery bypass graft or heart valve repair or replacement, the surgeon creates a path or "maze" through which

Your Turn: The real cost of â€œfree healthcareâ€?  -  Feb 26, 2008
The Post Online,...described to the Canadian Institute for Health Information how delays affected Ontario heart patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Bad News on Phase III Trial Sends Medicure Plummeting  -  Feb 25, 2008
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...endpoint of reducing the incidence of cardiovascular death or nonfatal myocardial infarction following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Gift from the Heart  -  Feb 25, 2008
Nurse.com,She sent him to the Suburban clinic, where a cardiologist and surgeon evaluated him and scheduled a valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft

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