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OBJECTIVE: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a progressive disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance resulting in pulmonary hypertension and right heart f...
Successful treatment of central nervous system PTLD with rituximab and cranial radiotherapy.
BACKGROUND: Primary central nervous system (PCNS) post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a rare complication of solid organ transplantation and is typically an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)...
Expression of Hsp27 correlated with rat detrusor contraction after acute urinary retention.
Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) can regulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics and contractile protein activation. This study investigates whether Hsp27 expression is related to bladder contractile dysfunctio...
Cerebral air embolism is a rare complication of central venous catheterization. A 61-year-old man developed a left-sided hemiparesis immediately after his right jugular venous catheter removal. A diff...
Warfarin use in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains challenging. We describe use of warfarin up to 1 year after hospitalization among patients with AM...
Perventricular melody valve implantation in a 12 kg child.
Transcatheter pulmonic valve implantation has emerged as a safe and effective alternative to valve surgery in patients with surgically corrected congenital heart disease. In cases where the transcathe...
Safety of transradial cardiac catheterization in patients with end-stage liver disease.
Background: Transradial access may be advantageous for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) who need to undergo left heart catheterization (LHC). We aimed to assess the safety of transradial c...
Family Presence during Catheterization Procedures.
In a patient with staphylococcus lugdunensis prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and coronary septic embolism accompanied by antero-lateral myocardial infarction, embolic material was successfully as...
Objectives: Describe our experience with percutaneous closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in small infants and compare outcomes to matched surgical patients. Background: Ligation via thoracotomy...
News Articles
Cardiac catheterization: A procedure to monitor and treat heart problems
Cardiac catheterization — Overview covers definition, risks and results of this test for heart problems.
Uroplasty Announces Delay in Filing Form 10-K
MINNEAPOLIS, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Uroplasty, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPI), a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative products to treat voiding dysfunctions, annou...
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Study shows GreenLight laser therapy effective for BPH treatment
Data presented at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting demonstrate that treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with GreenLight XPS laser therapy with MoXy fiber, instead of transuret...
MINNEAPOLIS, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Uroplasty, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPI), a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products for the treatment of voiding d...
Quality of life: Validated PROM for urethral stricture
Accumed Radial Systems, LLC Names Michael Pisano, PhD, as President and Chief Executive Officer
ANN ARBOR, MI -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/13 -- Michael Pisano, PhD, has been appointed as President and CEO of Accumed Radial Systems, LLC (ARS), the newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Accumed Sy...
Uroplasty To Announce Fiscal Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2013 Financial Results On May 30, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Uroplasty, Inc. (Nasdaq: UPI) announced today that it will release financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended March...
Urethral Lift Leads to Durable Benefits in LUTS (CME/CE)
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Men obtained significant, durable relief from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) when treated with prostatic implants that reduce pressure on the urethra, results of a pi...
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Companies
Magnetecs Corporation designs and manufactures a unique and highly efficient robotic catheterization control system for minimally invasive surgical procedures and the advanced spe...
Privately held CVT, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., has developed a proprietary system for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI). Through the combination of a unique anc...
Texas Childrenâs Heart Center is a self-contained pediatric heart treatment facility within Texas Children's Hospital. Its unique design provides a single point of care inclu...
Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc.
Marine Polymer Technologies (MPT) is a privately-held medical device company that researches, develops and markets technologies for patient hemostasis and wound healing bas...
American Society for Preventive Cardiology
Dr. Kopecky is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. After his training at University of Texas Health Science Center and Mayo Medical School, he joined Mayo Clinicâ...
Washington Hospital Healthcare System
Washington Township Health Care District is governed by an elected board of directors. Unlike a municipal or county hospital, Washington Hospitalâs operating expenses, resear...
The Gilson legacy began in the 1940s, when Dr. Gilson, while a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, began to design and develop specialized medical electronics and instruments...
Clinical Trials
The anticipation of pain and discomfort, a diagnosis, and other intrinsic unknowns make patients anxious both prior to and during a procedure. Therefore, the main goal of sedation with a...
Pre-hospital Administration of Thrombolytic Therapy With Urgent Culprit Artery Revascularization
The PATCAR study has been designed to test the hypothesis that the strategy of pre-hospital use of a "clot busting" (thrombolytic) drug followed with emergent heart catheterization includi...
NIRS Monitoring in the Ambulatory Single Ventricle Patient
The normal heart has four chambers. There are two upper (or filling) chambers and are called the atrium. There are two lower (or pumping) chambers and are called the ventricles. One of...
The purpose of this study is to determine if a single application of Lidocaine gel topical anesthesia is as effective in decreasing the discomfort associated with urinary catheterization a...
A Safety and Efficacy Study of Fabrazyme® Replacement Therapy in Patients With Cardiac Fabry Disease
This is a multi-center, open label, phase IV study conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Fabrazyme [agalsidase beta (recombinant form)] administered by intravenous drip infusion...
Which Therapy for Acute Heart Attacks? (The WEST Study)
In the setting of acute myocardial infarction (heart attacks), the principle objective of the WEST Study is to compare the impact on clinical outcomes of 3 different treatment strategies....
This study will use a procedure called selective venous catheterization in patients with tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) or oncogenic osteomalacia (OOM) to try to locate very small tumors...
Nitric Oxide Inhalation Therapy to Relieve Chest Pain in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
This study will test whether inhaling nitric oxide gas can improve blood flow to the heart, ventricular function, exercise tolerance in patients with coronary artery disease and chest pain...
Heart and Skeletal Muscle Problems in Neuroacanthocytosis
The purpose of this study is to learn about heart and skeletal muscle problems related to neuroacanthocytosis (also called Mcleod's syndrome and Levine-Critchley disease). This inherited...
Cyclosporine A to Treat Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
This study will examine the effectiveness of the drug cyclosporine in treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition in which the heart muscle thickens. The thickened muscle can...
Videos
Catheterisation in male patient
Inserting a urinary catheter into a male adult patient. Catheterisation is the passing of a plastic tube, known as a catheter, through the patient's urethra,...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Mycoplasma Genitalium
A species of gram-negative bacteria originally isolated from urethral specimens of patients with non-gonoccocal URETHRITIS. In primates it exists in parasitic association with ciliated EPITHELIAL CELLS in the genital and respiratory tracts.
Balloon Dilation
Nonoperative repair of occluded vessels, ducts, or valves by insertion of a balloon catheter. It is used, among other things, to treat varices, torn retinas, renal and biliary calculi, gastric, bronchial and rectal stenoses, and heart valves, and includes catheterization with Fogarty and Foley CATHETERS.
Intermittent Urethral Catheterization
Insertion of a catheter into the urethra to drain the urine from the bladder at intervals as needed.
Suppositories
Medicated dosage forms that are designed to be inserted into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body for absorption. Generally, the active ingredients are packaged in dosage forms containing fatty bases such as cocoa butter, hydrogenated oil, or glycerogelatin that are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature.
Trichomonas Vaginalis
A species of TRICHOMONAS that produces a refractory vaginal discharge in females, as well as bladder and urethral infections in males.
