Researchers conclude that a closed cell-stent is the best choice for doctors when treating patients with a coronary artery blockage because it is less likely to stimulate blood clots.
When treating older patients for acute coronary syndroms, the study concludes that platelet function should be closely monitored and adjustments need to be made to accommodate the decreased levels of platelet function.
LifeBridge Health's Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics is playing host to this year's Baltimore Limb Deformity Course on the campus of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. Physicians from all over the world, including 25 different countries, will take part in the five-day course, beginning September 5, covering a variety of limb deformity correction techniques.
LifeBridge Health announces the opening of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics (RIAO) on the campus of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. The RIAO, which is part of the Department of Orthopedics, is home to some of the world's most renowned orthopedic surgeons and offers state-of-the-art treatment in a variety of orthopedic services.
Sinai Hospital is offering a new treatment for patients suffering with advanced heart disease and severe chest pain; TMR uses laser technology to create new channels in the heart muscle to re-establish direct blood flow to the heart, thereby potentially easing pain.
Preliminary results of a laboratory study, conducted by researchers at the Center for Thrombosis Research at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and Duke University, indicate that anti-depressants may be beneficial in patients with ischemic heart disease by having a previously undiscovered inhibitory effect on platelets.
An 88-year-old Baltimore man was successfully treated at Sinai Hospital for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, using a minimally-invasive procedure in which an FDA-approved, experimental hand-made stent graft was placed in the aorta where the aneurysm occurred.
Residents of the Baltimore Metropolitan area and the Eastern Shore can ask questions and get expert medical information from physicians without leaving their homes, thanks to a new exclusive regional Internet partnership between LifeBridge Health and America's Doctor Online, an Owings Mills, Maryland-based company.
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