Stents and Arrhythmias Powerpoint Presentation

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Stents and Arrhythmias Powerpoint presentation used in the Q&A video session of 4/25/2014 (click on the Powerpoint screen to advance and follow the automations within the slides where necessary): This is an embedded <a target=”_blank” href=”http://office.com”>Microsoft Office</a> presentation, powered by <a target=”_blank” href=”http://office.com/webapps”>Office Online</a>.

Mediastinum

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Surgical Anatomy Presentation Tufts University School of Medicine: Mediastinum Joan F. Tryzelaar, MD, FACS, FACC 1/21/2010 This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office Online.

Bush undergoes stenting for a blocked artery in his heart

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On July 19th President George W. Bush underwent a stent procedure (PCI) for a blocked artery in his heart. The condition was discovered Monday when he had his annual physical.  The operation was “performed successfully”. As I wrote before when in 2012 Rosy O’Donnell had a heart attack that was treated with a stent, it is not at all certain that either Mr. Bush or …

Great Vessel Development

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Surgical Anatomy Lecture, Tufts University School of Medicine Great Vessel Development Joan F. Tryzelaar, MD, FACS, FACCP 1/21/2010 This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office Online. Animation: (From: Cardiovascular Embryology, http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/cvanim/index.html)

Diabetes and Cardiac Health

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Diabetes affects nearly 26 million people, 8.3 percent of the U.S. population, or almost 100 million people if patients with pre-diabetes are included. The number of Americans with diabetes is projected to double or triple by 2050. Cardiovascular disease, and specifically, angina, is the number one killer in America. Diabetics are at a particularly high risk of developing heart attacks and stroke with …

“Cardiac perspectives from a heart surgeon”

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In March 2013,  I participated in a Podcast and several articles, published as “New fronts in heart disease: perspectives from a heart surgeon” in the Digital Journal. In it, I had the opportunity to discuss advances in the the treatment and prevention of heart disease. These were the questions that I addressed during the interview. For the answers I chose from …