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Medtronic’s new direct aortic approach to TAVI wins European approval

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:15:32

European regulators have approved the delivery of Medtronic‘s CoreValve System using a new direct aortic approach in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a less-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for aortic valve replacement, but some patients are unsuited for the procedure because they have small vessels. The newly CE Marked direct [...]

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Breast implant problems can be stopped with conscientious doctors

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:43:43

This year began with a breast implant scandal. This one has brought back memories of the one early in my private practice. The current one involves the PIP-branded breast implants produced by the French company Poly Implant Prothese and rebranded by the Dutch company Rofil as Rofil M-implants breast implants. The first one involved silicone implants made by American companies including Dow Corning who no longer makes breast implants. The picture of 3 implants includes: top -- an old McGhan double lumen (silicone gel implant surrounded by a saline implant); bottom left – Dow Corning textured silicone implant; and bottom right – Dow Corning smooth silicone implant. Dow Corning has not made breast implants since approximately 1992.

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Freedom Meditech submits 510(k) for disease-detection eye scanner

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:23:53

Freedom Meditech has submitted a 510(k) application for regulatory clearance of its medical device that can be used to detect chronic disease. The company’s ClearPath DS-120 Lens Fluorescence Biomicroscope noninvasively scans the eye to identify patients with signs of degenerative changes in the lens of the eye, according to a statement from San Diego-based Freedom Meditech, [...]

3 cases of flesh eating bacteria in Southeast

11Alive speaks to a third person in the Southeast, the second in Georgia, who is fighting a flesh eating bacterial infection.

11:17 PM, May 20, 2012

Fairburn woman arrested for running over boyfriend

The girlfriend of a hit-and-run vicitim is in police custody after she was charged with intentionally running over him.

2:18 PM, May 20, 2012

Cupcake business with Facebook roots expands

Six months after opening its first store at Town Center Mall, Callie's Cupcakes began selling sweets at North Point Mall on Friday.

1:09 PM, May 20, 2012

Callaway Gardens selling 4,000 acres to pay debt

Callaway Gardens plans to sell nearly a third of its property to settle heavy debt resulting from declining attendance and projects that have drained revenues in recent years, and says a prospective buyer is waiting in the wings.

12:48 AM, May 21, 2012

What's in the water that got Aimee Copeland sick???

Many have asked what was in the Little Tallapoosa River that got Aimee Copeland so sick? We wanted to know too, so we took a sample a got it tested.

8:55 PM, May 18, 2012

Flesh-eating bacteria quickly attacks body of Greenville, SC mother

Lana Kuykendall is a paramedic, so when a rapidly spreading red and black bruise appeared on the back of her leg after giving birth to twins, she knew something was wrong.

6:01 AM, May 17, 2012

Cartersville attorney robbed and beaten

A Cartersville attorney was pistol whipped and robbed by two masked suspects in his office Friday morning.

11:49 PM, May 18, 2012

2 year old has no promise of tomorrow

A Cobb County family is living with the reality that they do not have a lifetime of tomorrows with their young son.

12:09 PM, May 17, 2012

Tattoo parlor, bar, salon combo is the focus of new reality show

A new tattoo parlor, bar, salon trifecta in Midtown is about to be famous.

5:57 PM, May 19, 2012
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