Heart unit suspends transplants
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An independent inquiry is ordered after an increase in the number of deaths after heart transplants.
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Patients with heart disease are being offered a  treatment with a difference - vibrating trousers.
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In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives
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The product is designed to help keep severely ill patients alive in the hospital while they are waiting for a heart transplant. The Cardiowest artificial heart uses tubes to pump blood inside the body, taking over the job for the entire heart.
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A key Singapore eye hospital has suspended Lasik eye-sight correction surgery after a surge in the number of patients suffering from inflammation.
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The F.D.A. approved the first implantable, self-sufficient artificial heart but it is too large to fit into more than half of male patients and 80 percent of women.
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A 10-month-old twin boy born with a potentially fatal heart condition improved so dramatically that he was released from the hospital Thursday without the transplant he was awaiting.
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Washington - The national organ transplant network is asking hospitals to discourage patients from advertising for donors and, if possible, to refuse to perform transplants that arise from these campaigns.
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n the days following Bill Clinton&#39;s quadruple bypass last Monday, Dr. Harvey S. Hecht, the director of preventive cardiology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, received twice as many
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A lifesaving device developed right here in Tucson could be a step closer to Federal Approval. The CardioWest Total Artificial Heart was approved by a FDA panel several months ago but still has not received full approval.
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Two years ago, Andrew Smith received a heart transplant at UCLA Medical Center. Today, the 46-year-old is healthy once again, training to compete in a triathlon -- thanks to the
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A quiet revolution in the world of lung transplants is saving the lives of people who, just two years ago, would have died on the waiting list.
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The nationâs two leading heart groups issued new guidelines Thursday about what should be done for patients with heart disease before they undergo surgery on other parts of the body.
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Â· Surgeon to inject tissue during bypass operation  Â· Charity grant funds trial to combat UK's biggest killer
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A 4 1/2-month-old north Alabama girl was in stable condition Wednesday after undergoing a heart transplant while her twin remained in the same hospital awaiting the same operation.
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Transplanting bone marrow along with kidneys reduces the risk of organ rejection.
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NEW YORK  - Patients who undergo heart transplant surgery in hospitals that perform 14 or more procedures each year achieve better outcomes than patients who undergo this procedure at hospitals that perform fewer heart transplants.