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Posted October 15, 2007
Questions for Physio-Control Concerning the LUCUS System
Analysis of: Physio-Control Announces Availability Of LUCAS™ Chest Compression System In United States | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The LUCUS CHEST COMPRESSION SYSTEM appears to be a valuable adjunct to resuscitation by first responders to cardiac arrest.  However, additional questions should be addressed by Physio-Control.
Goran Olivecrona Posted October 15, 2007
A user friendly femoral access closure device with a fast learning curve
Analysis of: St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Approval Of The Angio-Seal STS Plus Vascular Closure Device | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: Goran Olivecrona, Consulting Cardiologist University of Lund
1. Angioseal is a very user friendly closure device which saves staff time spent with the patient and reduces he number of pseudoaneurysms, but it does not reduce the overall number of bleeding complications. 2. Angioiseal will probably continue to increase its market share in centers not moving...
Goran Olivecrona Posted October 15, 2007
A new tool to improve survival rates in cardiac arrest victims?
Analysis of: Physio-Control Announces Availability Of LUCAS™ Chest Compression System In United States | www.medicalnewstoday.com
Author: Goran Olivecrona, Consulting Cardiologist University of Lund
1. LUCAS can effectively sustain circulation in spite of cardiac arrest through external mechanical chest compressions thus maintaining a sustenance of blood flow to the brain during CPR. 2. Effective external mechanical chest compression devices like LUCAS, offer a new tool to aid in the treatment...
Posted October 15, 2007
Why screen if we are not going to use the findings in any meaningful way?
Analysis of: Screening: Testing Early for Cholesterol | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Screening is a waste of time and money without treatment.
Posted October 11, 2007
Good practice
Analysis of: Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
One should consider stroke as a brain attack just as we consider a myocardial infarction a heart attack. Early therapy will protect the brain just as early therapy in heart disease may prevent a heart attack.
Goran Olivecrona Posted October 11, 2007
A New DES with less efficacy but maybe a better saftey profile is on the way.
Analysis of: FDA Panel Recommends Approval Of Medtronic Drug-Coated Stent | online.wsj.com
Author: Goran Olivecrona, Consulting Cardiologist University of Lund
1. ENDEVOR subscribes to cardiologist concerned about the saftey profile of Current DES sold in the US (Cypher and TAXUS). 2. ENDEAVOR seems to carry a higher rate of binary restenosis than Cypher, but may have a lower rate of late stent subacute thrombosis (SAT) than either Taxus or...
Posted October 11, 2007
Aggressive Diagnosis and Treatment of TIA's is Critical
Analysis of: Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1) Prior research has shown that ~25% of patients presenting to the ER with new onset TIA's will return within the following 48 hours - ~10% with CVA, ~10% with MI & ~5% DOA. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/284/22/2901?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fullt...
Posted October 11, 2007
Preventing recurrence of strokes through fast assessment and treatment- hope for patients?
Analysis of: Fast Treatment of TIA Slashes Risk of Recurrent Stroke | www.medpagetoday.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The news reported in the Medpage Today (9th October, 2007) is based on evidence-based findings in France and England. It suggests that the benefit of rapid treatment for TIA (transient ischemic attacks) patients is associated to a reduction of early recurrence of stroke by 80%.   The research...
Posted October 10, 2007
An interesting finding
Analysis of: An Old Antibiotic Could Reduce Stroke Damage | blogs.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Much larger studies are needed before one can say anything. Minocin is known to have antiinflammatory properties and this may be the reason it works. No one should begin using it until a much lager cohort of patients are studied.
Posted October 9, 2007
Where goes the field of Cardiac Diagnosis and treatment?
Analysis of: Ultrasound Drugs Face Black Box Warning | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Quoted from the article: "The drugs contain microscopic gas-filled spheres and are injected into the veins of patients before their hearts are examined with ultrasound. After a few minutes, the gas leaves the body. The drugs, known as contrast agents, sharpen the pictures of the heart during...
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