Pioneer Heart Patient Marks Medical Fieldâs 30-Year History
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The first patient to receive an angioplasty paved the way for the 15 million patients to follow.
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A pioneer of heart transplants in Poland and a passionate European, Zbigniew Religa, 66, has turned his formidable energy to the political stage with a dream of building a modern Polish health service.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 22--CHATFIELD -- But for one vote, the Pioneer Presbyterian Church in Chatfield would be celebrating its 150th anniversary as the Pioneer Congregational Church.   The Rev.
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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Sept. 10, 2004 - Dr. Craig Smith â-ne of the nation&#39;s leading heart surgeons â - his wife, Trish, were headed to their vacation home in New York&#39;s Adirondack Mountains to celebrate their 34th wedding
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In todayÂs world of rapid-fire medicine, ÂinvolvedÂ relatives may be a patientÂs most important advocates.
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Bill Clinton is a man close to 60, with a little pudge and a longtime love of junk food. That fits the stereotype for heart disease. Needing bypass surgery, however, suggests that the former president's disease is relatively extensive, and that's surprising for an active dignitary who presumably has top-notch and timely physical checkups.
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When Donna MacDonald checked into South Shore Hospital for a routine cardiac test last year, Dr. Anthony Marks instantly spotted trouble. An angiogram showed that scar tissue blocked a major artery, choking off the blood supply to her heart. MacDonald, 57, needed an angioplasty.
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Although many Americans were surprised by news of former President Bill Clinton&#39;s severe heart disease, experts said his problems were decades in the making.
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When a 32-year-old patient with rapid heart palpitations showed up in the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital saying she suffered from Holt-Oram Syndrome, Dr. Jonathan Adler had no idea what this syndrome was. But he knew he had to work quickly. Using his computer, he looked up a comprehensive description on eMedicine.com, a Nebraska-based Web database of various diseases ...
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The age of nuclear medicine dawns when a 28-year-old leukemia patient becomes the first person to be treated using a radioactive isotope.
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St. Francis Heart Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., was built to be digital from the ground up. By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee. While many existing hospitals across the country are attempting to transform from paper-burdened
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At 77, Doris Anderson has astounded doctors by surviving nearly two weeks in the thick woods of Eastern Oregon's rugged Wallowa Mountains.
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A Northern Ireland-born heart expert whose pioneering techniques saved countless lives dies at the age of 88.
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The CardioWest artificial heart, devloped by University Medical Center&#39;s artificial heart team and used in more than 300 patients worldwide, is the first ever to win approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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A patient in the US is the first in the country to receive a implant device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure.
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A U.S. surgeon who implanted a nuclear-powered pacemaker into a 20-year-old woman in 1973 says the device is still going strong after 34 years and may have saved money over the long run.