Artificial vein to boost surgery
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Scientists are developing an artificial vein for use in patients with circulation problems.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body.
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A British biotechnology company has developed a long-lasting artificial skin that has produced promising results in healing wounds in early clinical trials.
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Balloons coated with a common cancer drug can help keep blood flowing in clogged leg arteries better than plain angioplasty balloons, German researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Using a mini-vacuum to remove a blood clot, rather than relying on angioplasty to clear a blocked artery, improves a patient's chances of surviving a major heart attack, a Dutch study says.
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A gel to speed up wound healing and reduce scarring is being developed by UK scientists.
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NEW ORLEANS -- A polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, a study found.
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Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick patients until a donor heart is found.
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Scientists are developing a device which could improve the lives of kidney dialysis patients.
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Dutch doctors said on Sunday they had   developed a novel drug-coated stent to stimulate the growth of   natural heart bypass arteries, potentially offering a new way   to ensure blood supply to sick patients' hearts.
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Building an artificial heart has proved tougher than landing men on the moon, but a new study shows that a heart once considered a flop can prolong the lives of desperately sick
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Bone marrow cells infused to the heart through tiny incisions helped several severe heart failure patients get markedly better, an international team of researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Peter Cummins lay still as doctors administered 20 injections into the 81-year-old's calves and thighs, hoping the genetic experiment will spur new blood vessels to grow around his clogged leg arteries.    The experiment at the National Institutes of Health marks a resurgence in attempts to get the body to grow its own bypasses, at first in the legs and, if that works, perhaps later in the heart...
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NEW ORLEANS - A simple fabric device that looks like fishnet hose but acts like support stockings helped weak hearts pump more efficiently and even shrink back to a more normal size, researchers reported at an American Heart Association conference.
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - U.S. researchers on Monday unveiled a computerized prosthetic ankle and foot that could change the lives of a growing number of amputees returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Heart bypass surgery is one of the most common major operations in the USA, with about 350,000 performed every year. Although the procedure sounds daunting - it involves cracking
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Abiomed Inc. moved a step closer to winning federal approval for a blood pump. The Danvers company, which also makes the AbioCor artificial heart, plans to say today it has received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin a key clinical trial with 654 patients. Abiomed's Impella 2.5 Circulatory Support System is designed to temporarily help pump blood during certain ...