Author(s):
Brian A Bruckner,
Matthias Loebe
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3 years ago
The use of mechanical circulatory assist devices is rapidly expanding. Patients in advanced stages of heart failure are implanted with support devices, allowing them to regain a fairly normal level of activity. Presently, more then 3,500 patients live with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The numbers of patients supported with biventricular assist devices or total artificial hearts is…
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Job title: Associate Professor
Dr John Eikelboom is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton , Ontario .
Dr Eikelboom earned his MBBS degree at the University of Western Australia Medical School, Australia and he completed training in Internal Medicine and Haematology at Royal Perth Hospital , Australia and trained in Epidemiology and Thrombosis Medicine at McMaster University …
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Job title: Professor
Dr Alex C. Spyropoulos obtained his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, USA. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM.
Dr Spyropoulos was founder and former Medical Director of the Clinical Thrombosis Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a…
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Job title: Associate Professor in Internal Medicine/Cardiology
Associate Professor in Internal medicine/Cardiology, School of Medicine, Belgrade University; Head of Department for arrhythmia intensive care, Cardiology Clinic, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), ESC Grants and Research Committee member, ESC Council on Stroke Scientific Documents Committee member, Deputy Editor for…
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Author(s):
Gordon Lowe,
John Yarnell
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3 years ago
Clinicians and pathologists have long recognised the role of the haemostatic system in acute coronary and cerebral thrombosis, and anti-platelet, anticoagulant and fibrinolytic therapies are well established in clinical practice. Pathologists have suggested for several decades that 'hypercoagulability' contributes to the development of atheroma,1 plaque formation and rupture.2,3 Pioneering…
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Job title: Director
Career Overview
Prof Badimon is currently Director of the Cardiovascular Science Program at the Hospital Santa Creu and San Pau in Barcelona, Spain. She is Vice-President of Scientific Affairs at the European Society of Cardiology, and has been awarded with the “Rey Jamie I” Award for Medical Research by Generalitat Valenciana, Spain.
Prof Lina Badimon's research focuses on thrombosis and…
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