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Drug
eluting stents to replace 30 pc bypass cases: Experts
The diffusion of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
(PTCA), a treatment for coronary artery disease, over the
past two decades in the US, is going through a re-run in India
for the last few years.
‘Interventional
cardiology has a bright future unless gene therapy takes over’
Interventional Cardiology is fast gaining grounds in India.
According to recent statistics, around 50,000 interventional
procedures are performed annually in India and the trend seems
to surge. But equally gaining roots are doubts and fears on
the risks involved in these procedures.
Now,
sweat it out at cardiac rehabilitation centre
Portly men and women on the wrong side of 40 are seen working
out on a treadmill, water rowing, cycling, weight lifting
or doing hand and leg exercise.
Lack
of adequate training plagues foetal cardiology
Foetal cardiology, a branch of paediatric cardiology specialising
in the diagnosis and management of cardiac problems in the
foetus, is yet to take roots as a specialisation in itself
in India, unlike the West.
‘Diabetes
and heart ailments to be the focus of CIS conference’
Come December, and Kolkata will be hosting the 55th Annual
Conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) after
a gap of six years.
Design
a cardiac hospital that breathes
The operation theatre suite is truly the “heart”
of a cardiac hospital, for this is where the bypass surgeries
are performed (doctors call them CABGs, or Coronary Arterial
Bypass Grafts), and these theatres are designed adjacent to
cardiac catheterisation laboratories.
Cardiac
hospitals should keep on finding new market
History has shown that in the matters of heart, men seldom
use their minds. May be it is not so if we look at the health
care industry today. The burgeoning sector is rife with hi-tech
cardiac care centres.
External
Counter Pulsation to the rescue of heart patients
To open up blocked heart arteries, bypass surgery was successfully
carried out for the first time in 1966. Another non-surgical
but invasive technique called coronary angioplasty (ballooning)
appeared on the scene in 1977.
BPL
Healthcare: Poised for exponential growth
The healthcare business group of BPL Ltd, Bangalore is dedicated
to meet the evergrowing demand from the cardiac care segment.
A broadly diversified business entity, BPL since its inception
in 1967 has been a known brand in the medical field.
Exercise
recommendations for CAD patients
Physical activity and specifically structured exercise should
form an integral part of every CAD patient’s prescription,
writes Dr Aashish Contractor
Early
detection and surgical treatment is lifesaving for cardiac
failure in newborns
Heart disease in the newborn manifests itself in varied forms-a
murmur, evidence of cyanosis or with congestive heart failure.
The physical signs and symptoms have diagnostic overlap with
other neonatal conditions including sepsis and respiratory
problems and in many instances one requires a high index of
suspicion to consider congenital heart disease in the differential.
Products
Minimising
failures in cardiac cath lab
Cardiac cath labs are highly technically evolved area in hospitals.
Meeta Ruparel writes on combating problems in cardiac
cath lab
Future
trends in cardiovascular imaging
Progress in biomedical engineering and imaging offers new
insights into cardiac disease. Shifting detection to as early
a stage as possible will be a major aim in the years ahead.
Infection
control has a bearing on patient morbidity
The main purpose of an Infection Control Programme (ICP) is
to prevent hospital-acquired infections. The ICP also helps
conduct surveillance to assess standards of infection control
and ensure safe and effective therapeutic practices.
Don’t
panic while dealing with nighmares in a cath lab
Though handling cases in a cath lab is a truly gratifying
experience, it can sometimes become nightmarish with the turn
of an event.
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