Cardiac surgery in patients with severe heart failure has been thought to entail a significant risk due to surgical stress.
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Atrial fibrillation is an increasingly common heart rhythm disorder and it increases the risk of a stroke by around four to five times.
Atrial fibrillation is an increasingly common heart rhythm disorder and it increases the risk of a stroke by around four to five times.
‘Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), a new therapy for the treatment of prosthetic valve dysfunction in patients with severe heart failure who are either inoperable or require a post-surgery auxiliary artificial heart.’
Led by Professor Yoshiki SAWA, the Cardiovascular Group in the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, has developed a wide variety of treatment for severe heart failure, such as skeletal myoblast cell sheet transplantation. This group has performed over 500 transcatheter valve replacement surgeries, a technique that is gathering attention as minimally invasive heart surgery, establishing Osaka University Hospital's role as one of Japan's leading medical institutes.
Cardiac surgery in patients with severe heart failure has been thought to entail a significant risk due to surgical stress. The risk of reoperation is especially high when a prosthetic valve becomes dysfunctional. Also, surgical stress may further deteriorate cardiac function in patients waiting for heart transplants, increasing their need for an auxiliary artificial heart.
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Each year it causes 300 000 deaths in the US and more than 200 000 in Europe. Less than 10% of patients survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Each year it causes 300 000 deaths in the US and more than 200 000 in Europe. Less than 10% of patients survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Because this therapeutic method has enabled minimally invasive treatment on patients who were previously regarded as being incurable or high-risk, it is highly anticipated as a new treatment method for prosthetic valve dysfunction in patients with severe heart failure.
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Cardiac Rehab Patients can Benefit More from Open Gym Format
After hospitalization for cardiac events, problems in scheduling initial appointments had become a barrier to promptly starting rehabilitation.
After hospitalization for cardiac events, problems in scheduling initial appointments had become a barrier to promptly starting rehabilitation.
New 3D Data May Show the Cardiac Conduction System
To show the cardiac conduction system - the special cells that enable our hearts to beat - in unprecedented detail, a new way of producing 3D data is developed.
To show the cardiac conduction system - the special cells that enable our hearts to beat - in unprecedented detail, a new way of producing 3D data is developed.
