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Early Outcome of Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation


Multicenter experience
We performed a retrospective observational cohort study on prospectively collected data on 136 consecutive CABG patients with IMR undergoing MVr between 2016-2020. Echocardiogram findings, operative procedures, and outcomes were analyzed.

Redefining Non-Invasive Monitoring of Liver Transplant Rejection in Children


Despite the improvements in immunosuppressive therapy, incidence of Acute Rejection (AR) remains as high as 50.3 per cent during the first year after surgery in this clinical setting, and liver biopsy remains the reference standard for its diagnosis. Dr Salsano has put big effort into investigating...

Automated FFR Assessment


Artificial intelligence in the catheterisation laboratory
Coronary physiological assessment has become the gold standard for myocardial ischemia testing. It has been shown to improve outcome and reduce revascularisation in patients with chronic coronary artery disease, along with guiding complete revascularisation and reduction in the combined outcome of d...

Empowering Hospitals with Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)


Making healthcare smarter
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has opened up a promising avenue in healthcare. Talking about Indian hospitals, we mostly experience the brunt of skyrocketing healthcare expenses, inadequate accessibility to healthcare, crunch of health workers, inappropriate infrastructure

Are We Ready to Ship Billions of COVID Vaccines Worldwide?


There’s no denying it. 2020 has been a year of immense difficulty and disruption.Many now look forward to 2021 and the much-anticipated prospect of COVID-19 vaccines as the gateway to global recovery. Naturally as one of the the world’s leading logistics companies, FedEx has an important role to pla...

Flexible Technology


The key to a responsive healthcare offering
Healthcare technology is a vast and rapidly growing sector that enables organisations in the industry to improve virtually all aspects of the healthcare system. There are significant possibilities for continued innovation and optimisation enabled by a wealth of technological capabilities.One of the...

Clinical Risk Assessment Tools


Better Outcome with Oral Anticoagulants
Venous Thrombosis(VT), comprising Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE), has an incidence of approximately 1 per 1000 annually in adult populations. The risk of recurrence is high. Oral anticoagulants (OACs) play a vital role in the secondary prevention of VT in such patients.

Application of Industrial Statistical Tools in Quantitative Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic


A Case Study of Upper-Middle-Income Country
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the recent viral outbreak that influenced the world during late 2019. Coronavirus influences various individuals in various manners. Most contaminated individuals will create minor to modest symptoms and get better without hospitalisation.

The Burden of Bacterial Vaginitis


A Systematic Review
Bacterial Vaginitis (BV) is a common disease that affects between 10 percent to 30 percent of women in developed nations. A common cause of irregular vaginal discharge is BV. BV is not a Sexually Transmitted Infection(STI), but a STI such as chlamydia will increase the risk of having it.

Living in Home Isolation


Role of the Family
The number of COVID-19 infections in Nepal has now crossed 50,000. With this rising infection rate graph, institutional isolation and COVID dedicated hospital wards are filling up. Criteria have been applied to stay in home isolation for those who tested positive for SARS-Cov 2, with no Covid sympto...

Risk Management of Medical Imaging Devices in Hospitals


Risk management is an organized process to identify and manage probable risks [1]. This definition implies four steps for risk management, namely:identification, assessment, control, and monitoring [1,2].In fact, this strategy encompasses numerous procedures to mitigate or eliminate the possible ris...

Azbil’s Pandemic-ready Airflow Control


For hospitals during COVID-19
Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems play an important role in preventing the spread of diseases via airborne or aerosol-based transmission. This article introduces an airflow control method and Azbil’s venturi airflow control valves that have been used in hospitals

COVID-19 - Is it hinting towards multi organ failure?


The deadly malady Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out broke in Wuhan, China. COVID-19 is characterised by symptoms like fever, dry cough, fatigue and sore throat. COVID-19 gained its popularity with the significant morbidity and mortality risk it is posing. Apart from being humanity killer

Strategies for Early Detection of Lung Cancer


Reducing mortality in Taiwan
Lung cancer is still a worldwide leading cause of cancer death, even in this era of low-dose CT for lung cancer screening. Lung cancer mortality rate is the highest among the top ten cancers in Taiwan. There is an increasing trend in non-smoking related lung cancer in Taiwan, especially in middle-ag...

The Growth of Private Health Insurance in Asia


Transforming the Patient-Provider-Payer Triad
The growth of the Asian private health insurance market is one of the most striking developments in the global healthcare ecosystem, and it is transforming the fundamental relationship between patients, providers, and insurers in many Asian countries. This development occurs against the backdrop of...
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