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LONDON, Ontario, February 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC [http://www.lhsc.on.ca ]) continues its tradition of innovation as it is the first in North America to use a new blood circulation device and first in the world to use the device in cardiac surgery. Since December, Dr. Bob Kiaii, cardiac surgeon, and the rest of the cardiac surgery team at LHSC, has been treating patients recovering from heart surgery with the new blood circulation...

Clinical trial to determine if chest closure device leads to better bone healing following cardiac surgery KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients undergoing open heart procedures such as coronary artery bypass or valve surgery may be eligible to enroll in a clinical trial available in the Kansas City area only at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. The SternaLock® Blu clinical trial will compare patients whose sternum (breastbone) is closed with...

HOUSTON, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Charles D. Fraser Jr., surgeon-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital, performed the congenital heart team's 10,000th surgery since the renowned pediatric surgeon's arrival to Texas Children's in 1995. Fraser, also chief of congenital heart surgery at Texas Children's, performed the milestone procedure on patient Nathan Bryan, from Temple, Texas. For more information about the congenital heart surgery program at Texas Children's...

Researchers have discovered a gene associated with a form of cholesterol that increases the risk of developing aortic stenosis, the most common form of heart valve disease, by more than half. This international study, involving the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), is the first of its kind to uncover a genetic link with aortic valve disease – a condition that affects more than 5 million people in North America. The results of the study, published in the...

Study described in the New England Journal of Medicine is the first to show cause-and-effect relationship between a gene variant and calcium deposits on the aortic valve Researchers have found a genetic variant that doubles the likelihood that people will have calcium deposits on their aortic valve. Such calcification, if it becomes severe, can cause narrowing or a blockage of the aortic valve, a condition called aortic stenosis. The study is the first large-scale, genome-wide association...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Advances in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery have allowed children born with heart defects to grow into adulthood. A Memphis, Tenn., mom is a testament to the importance of pediatric specialists continuing to care for these adults and their complex hearts. Ashley Batchelor, 32, was born with Tetralogy of Fallot and had open heart surgery soon after birth. She underwent another operation at age 5 to receive a donor...

WILMINGTON, Del. and MUNICH, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JenaValve Technology, Inc., a privately-held, venture-backed developer, manufacturer and marketer of transcatheter-delivered aortic valve systems (TAVI) for the treatment of aortic valve disease, announced today that it has appointed veteran medical device engineering executive John F. Migliazza as Chief Operating Officer, effective February 4. Migliazza will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Helmut J. Straubinger....

ATLANTA, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a leading tissue processing and medical device company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today that 2012 fourth quarter and year end financial results will be released on Thursday, February 14, 2013. On that day, the Company will hold a teleconference call and live webcast at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results, followed by a question and answer session hosted by Steven G. Anderson,...

CHICAGO, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --The Myxo File: Part III, Published January 24, 2013, just released through Kindle Direct Publishing, will provide documents from the FDA, SEC and the U.S. patent office action to further understand the issues that go into heart device manufacturing and safety issues in U.S. patients. A providential meeting with the President of the United States on his birthday in Chicago, with the author and her mother, will turn the events for the patients going...

Massachusetts woman uses free website to raise money to bring 6-month-old Pakistani baby to Boston for lifesaving heart surgery. New York, NY (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 FreeWebsite.com user Christine Muratore, of Bridgewater, MA, created a free website to help raise money to bring 6-month-old baby Zebaan Khattak to Boston for a lifesaving heart surgery. Muratore met Zeeban's mother, Saleem Khattak, while plying virtual poker online, and quickly formed a friendship with the woman. After...