What type of stent did Bill Clinton receive?
February 12, 2010 Bill Clinton underwent a PCI procedure yesterday whereby he received two coronary stents, likely the drug-eluting variety as opposed to bare metal scaffolds. The hospital was part of...
View ArticleMark Slaughter, MD: the HeartMate 2 trial
Dr. Slaughter, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Louisville, discusses the new Thoratec HeartMate II destination therapy data presented at the AHA 2009 meeting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0YpK4srLs
View ArticleJoshua Hare, MD: Stem cells to repair myocardial infarcts
August 12, 2010 Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD Dr. Joshua Hare, Director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Health System, discusses a recent study published testing...
View ArticleBud Frazier, MD discusses LVADs (Left Ventricular Assist Devices)
Interviewed By Steven Greer, MD Dr. Frazier discusses ventricular assist devices such as the Thoratec HeartMate 2.
View ArticleManaging stroke and bleeding with LVAD patients
Interviewed by Steven Greer, MD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsWA3wq1joE August 2, 2010- As continuous flow pump LVAD devices are being implanted for longer periods of time in destination therapy...
View ArticlePrasugrel approved with restricted label
July 10, 2009 Eli Lilly’s drug prasugrel, to be branded as Effient, was approved with a restricted label as we predicted (label attached). It seems the label will not allow a claim of superiority over...
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