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Study Group: Cardiothoracic Surgeons (US)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 311

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Jeffrey Gosin, M.D., Attending Surgeon and Chief of Vascular Surgery, Shore Memorial HospitalJeffrey Gosin, M.D.
Attending Surgeon and Chief of Vascular Surgery
Shore Memorial Hospital

Jeffrey Gosin, MD, is a Vascular and General Surgeon with Jersey Shore Surgical Group in New Jersey. He is an Attending Surgeon and Chief of Vascular Surgery at Shore Memorial Hospital and Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Institute, a multidisciplinary department which includes vascular surgeons,...

Forrest Rubenstein, MD
Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon
Rubenstein Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Forrest Rubenstein, MD, FACS, is a Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgeon in private practice. Dr. Rubenstein is board certified in General, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. He has experience in cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery, aortic surgery, trauma, endovascular surgery, drug eluting stents,...

Dale Mueller, M.D.
Vice-Chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

Dale Mueller, MD, is a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon at Heartcare Midwest and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Illinois. He has expertise in cardiac surgery including minimally-invasive coronary bypass, valve repair and...

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ACE Inhibitors Decrease Cardiovascular Events in Marfan's Syndrome. | 09-01-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

ACEI are known for their ability to reduce afterload effectively and even to contribute favorably to cardiac remodeling in heart failure. Results described, therefore, are logical, even though some "statistically significant" differences, like reduction of mean pressure by 1 mm Hg, are...

Stents vs. Drugs: Same for Patients, Very Different for Providers | 08-18-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

To stent or not to stent: presence and degree of coronary artery disease, effectiveness of medical therapy and significance of symptoms and, therefore, indications for coronary stents placement are determined by very same physicians who place stents. Stents are reimbursed 10-20 times better...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): treatment of obesity | 08-04-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

More than half of U.S. adults are overweight, nearly one-quarter are obese and about 10% are morbidly obese. Only effective treatment of morbid obesity is gastric bypass; there is no good treatment for obesity or overweight. Acadesine was shown to be effective in the mice, and if effective in the humans...

Biomarker for sepsis. | 07-28-2008
Analysis of: SIRS-Lab Pre-Announces Biomarker Based Sepsis Test | www.medcompare.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Sepsis is a complex clinical syndrome situated in a category including SIRS(systemic inflammatory response syndrome), MOF(multiple organ failure), septic shock etc. If the biomarker is simply diagnostic, just like CRP(C-reactive protein), I doubt it is going to affect management of sepsis. If, however,...

It is ALL about the size of the scar. | 07-28-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Ekkyo is designing a laser device preventing and reducing scar formation. The size of the scar is almost always a major concern of the patient after any kind of operation including major life-saving cardiovascular procedures, tumor resections, transplants etc. Primary due to patients'...

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