Tag: Cardiac

FDA Approves Cardiac Assist Device for Children with Heart Failure

by Joseph Acosta | Dec 16, 2011 | Health | 0 |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a medical device that supports the weakened heart of children with heart failure to help keep them alive until a donor for a heart transplant can be found. The mechanical pulsatile...

Single Dose of Erythopoietin Reduces Transfusion Requirements of Anemic Cardiac Surgical Patients

by Alan Gray | Oct 27, 2011 | Health | 0 |

A study presented in the November 2011 issue of Anesthesiology has discovered that administration of a single intravenous dose of erythropoietin, plus iron supplement, one day before surgery, significantly reduced blood...