Article: The beating heart of resistance.

Article: 'Octopus4' From Medtronic Achieves New Technological Heights to ...
Business Wire;  August 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... bypass grafting (CABG) surgery on the beating heart is safe, effective and easier on the ... evolving surgical techniques on the beating heart easier. The new Octopus4 device embodies ... bypass artery blockages. Surgery on the beating heart represents a major medical advancement ...

Article: JAMA Publishes Long-Term, Randomized Study Results Highlighting ...
Business Wire;  April 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... shows that grafts performed during beating-heart procedures are as effective as conventional ... grafts performed per patient during beating-heart procedures was virtually identical ... participants who underwent the less-invasive beating-heart surgery lost less blood during surgery ...

Article: Clinical Study Demonstrates Decreased Risk of Neurological ...
Business Wire;  March 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... cardiopulmonary bypass (Off-Pump CABG, or "beating heart") procedures. Research was presented ... after On-Pump (3980 patients) and "beating heart" procedures (1563 patients) between ... vs. 2.7% (42 patients) for the beating heart group -- The rate of stroke for the ...

Article: American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Study supports ...
Medical Device Daily;  May 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... for Thoracic Surgery Study supports beating-heart surgery, Medtronic device By KEVIN ... WASHINGTON Patients undergoing off-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG ... S. to be studied randomly for the beating-heart procedure could help put to rest the ...

Article: Study: Cardica's C-Port Anastomosis Systems Facilitate ...
Wireless News;  April 27, 2008 ;     587 words ... ... Port Anastomosis Systems Facilitate Beating Heart Bypass Surgery WIRELESS NEWS-April ... Port Anastomosis Systems Facilitate Beating Heart Bypass Surgery (C)2008 10Meters ... comparing the cost of off-pump, "beating heart" coronary artery bypass graft (CABG ...

Article: Beating-Heart Surgery Reduces Transfusion ...
Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week;  June 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Performing heart bypass surgery on a beating heart significantly reduces postoperative ... Coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart through median sternotomy is a relatively ... transfusion for patients who underwent beating-heart bypass surgery. Patients in the off ...

Article: Beating-Heart Surgery Reduces Transfusion Needs.
Heart Disease Weekly;  June 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Performing heart bypass surgery on a beating heart significantly reduces postoperative ... Coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart through median sternotomy is a relatively ... transfusion for patients who underwent beating-heart bypass surgery. Patients in the off ...