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CABG, my first 60 years
Dr. René G. Favaloro was responsible for standardizing and systematizing the technique of the coronary artery bypass grafting in the 1960s. Shortly afterward, this surgery would become one of the most practiced in the world, since it provided the possibility of prolonging and improving the lives of thousands of patients with severe coronary disease (atherosclerosis).
read moreInnovation In Structural Cardiology And Cardiac Surgery
Valvular interventions are one of the main reasons for which structural cardiology is practiced. Taking advantage of some of the recent methods created, such as 3D bioprinting and MitraClip® procedures, this new field is opening new doors in cardiology and cardiac surgery.
read moreProsthetic Valve Thrombosis by poor anti-coagulation
Poor anticoagulant therapy is a major cause of prosthetic valve thrombosis. The young patient previously operated for mitral valve replacement with mechanical bileaflet prosthesis …
read moreThree Risk Factors that Should Frighten You
The article by Toby Cosgrove has highlighted three major diseases that cause death and disability with high cost of human lives and resources for society. The title of the article is ‘Three Diseases That Should Frighten You’ and this is the link: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130517193032-205372152-three-diseases-that-should-frighten-you The first consideration that I do about this article is full agreement on the three diseases mentioned by Cosgrove: type 2 diabetes, lung cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and their...
read moreMedical Networks, a good start?
The Medical Community has newly developed innovative strategies in order to improve the conversation between professionals through a secure platform with the right tools to facilitate global communication and interaction. Social4Med the Latest Global Medical Network Social4Med is a global medical network, a social network for doctors, scientific societies, healthcare companies, universities and hospitals. The available user features are photo albums, blogs, pages, documents, forum, classifieds, groups, polls, events, messages, videos, group...
read moreDoctors and the Web
The figure of the doctor changes over time, the duty to treat remains unchanged. Change the approach and knowledge of the disease with the means that technology offers, more and more sophisticated and precise. The need for updating is an indispensable condition for medical practice and the resources offered by the Web improve and facilitate the communicative aspect of the profession. In the history of the Web there have been various forms of communication, whose evolution has been proportional to the progress of information technology. The...
read moreShare and Cure
Years ago, starting our adventure in the world of Medicine, knowledge was linked to the textbooks, publications, conferences, lectures, seminars that kept us up to date on new diagnostic and therapeutic options. The disclosure was slowly traveling between the tracks of the printed paper. The need to update went beyond the technical and communicative possibilities in those years. The Congress was the meeting point for discussion and presentation of new methodologies, techniques and knowledge. I am not referring to a century ago, but what has...
read moreA stitch … extends the Life
Life, as we know, is often hanging by a thread. How many times we have gotten surprised for unexpected news when a loved one in full health, is suddenly lacking. That thread that binds us to life can be broken in a moment. Interrupting and affecting us emotionally and disrupting plans, like a switch turns off the light. Robert (fictitious name), fifty years old, his career as a manager, with high corporate responsibilities and a busy life made of meetings, reports, frequent moves, lies in his office awaiting to go to the airport for yet...
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