Glaucoma
Many new surgical technologies have developed.... including stent-like devices, surgically implanted within the anterior chamber.... improve aqueous humor outflow and reduce intraocular pressure.
Thalassemia
Anemia is the characteristic presenting sign of the thalassemias. Treatment begins in pediatric patients and includes chronic blood transfusion, iron chelation, splenectomy and allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation.
Hepatitis-C
Hyperthermia provides an inovative method for treating patients infected with hepatitis C virus.... postulated to have a direct effect on heat-liable viruses, as well as to stimilate the immune system response to viral infection.
Embolic Protection
Embolic protection system places a sealing balloon proximally, or upstream, to the lesion. The inflated balloon temporarily suspends blood flow so a guidewire can cross the lesion without sending debris into the bloodstream.
Chronic Total Vascular Occlusions
CTOs are often heavily calcified or extremely fibrotic lesions... The system mechanism is based on reciprocating guidewire advancement causing incremental centralized fractures of the occlusion, thus enabling the advancement of a guidewire.
Patent Foramen Ovale
The closure device is advanced through the catheter and deployed across the PFO. The aim is to reduce the risk of emboli crossing the PFO and causing serious vascular events such as stroke.
Septic Shock
Septic shock is an inflammatory state resulting from the systemic response to bacterial infection... Overall mortality in patients with septic shock averages 40%.
Cardiac Arrest
The goal of therapeutic hypothermia is to reduce brain injury in survivors of cardiac arrest so there is less death and an increased chance of good neurological survival.
Cerebral Thrombolysis
Ultrasound alters the structure of the thrombus to increase accessibility and dispersion of the drug with a consequent increased dissolution rate and scope.
Recalcitrant Wounds
Wounds refractory to treatment..... require stimuli to initiate the healing cascade. The study product composed of cell culture media and electrostatically charged particles were identified to stimulate the granulation process in chronic wounds...