At the congress of the European Societey of Cardiology (ESC) 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden, Siemens will present a new image processing software that helps cardiologists and cardiac surgeons prepare and perform transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI): Syngo Aortic ValveGuide automatically reconstructs a 3D representation of the aortic root from CT-like cross-sectional images acquired with the [...]

Abu Dhabi - UAE: Recently, a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) procedure was performed successfully on a 3.5 years old child at Sheikh Khalifa Medical city (SKMC)
, managed by Cleveland Clinic, a SEHA healthsystem facility. The procedure was performed for the first time in this young age in the UAE by Dr Jamal Alkoteesh, Consultant [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 13 - Routine completion angiography following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or hybrid CABG/percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) often identifies important graft defects, new research indicates.
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Then the doctor will make a small cut over the femoral artery in the upper part of the leg.
A special needle is then inserted into the artery itself.
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On the day of your operation, you will be asked to put on a surgical gown.
You may receive a sedative by mouth and an intravenous line may be put in.
You will then be transferred to the operating table.
To begin, your leg and groin are swabbed with an antiseptic solution.
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