Word: cardiac
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Norma Brustein, actress, drama teacher, and wife of Robert Brustein, died Monday night in the Yale-New Haven Hospital following a massive cardiac arrest. She was 50 years...
...make Seoul more attractive to the tourists, the city council has strongly urged owners of snake snack shops to remove their operations from downtown boulevards to the alleys and byways of the Korean capital. Though the shift may reduce the risk of cardiac arrest for visiting herpetophobes, it has annoyed Koreans who regard snakes not only as nourishment for the body but also as a stimulant for the sex drive and a cure for a variety of ills. "I was shocked to hear the news," said one shop owner of the city council's proposal. "The snakes...
About the only findings so far that have widespread support are the drug's effects on the heart and the lungs. Marijuana accelerates the rate at which the heart contracts and may temporarily weaken the strength of the contractions, making it potentially dangerous for people with certain cardiac conditions. Smoking pot irritates the lungs and throat and can result in "joint cough." Long-term use may impair the lungs. Other tentative findings...
...other patients, a variation of the new technique may make bypass surgery feasible. Explains Cardiac Surgeon Eugene Wallsh: "When you have too many obstructions in an artery, you can't bypass each one. But with the balloon catheter, you can open up some blocks and then bypass others." Wallsh has done just that in six patients. Adds Stertzer: "It might also be possible to reopen bypass grafts that have closed down...
Before they know if a similar percentage holds true for heart arteries, doctors will have to use the balloon dilatation technique on hundreds of cardiac patients. Then, says Stertzer, "if 80% of the arteries are open after a year, we're into a revolution in cardiology...