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Miniaturized Devices for On‐the‐Spot Generation of Small‐Diameter Vascular Grafts

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An intracorporeal extrusion device is developed for on‐the‐spot generation of vascular grafts with tunable diameters spanning from 1 to 6 mm. The device uses biomimetic polymers and light, to promptly obtaining biocompatible and high‐burst pressure‐resistant grafts.
Deyanira Hernandez‐Sanchez   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causes of prehospital misinterpretations of ST elevation myocardial infarction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Objectives: To determine the causes of software misinterpretation of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) compared to clinically identified STEMI to identify opportunities to improve prehospital STEMI identification.
Bosson, Nichole   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical Challenges in Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the exciting field of soft robots for medical applications. It delves into the critical challenges facing their development, including material selection, cytotoxicity, and locomotion limitations. The review then examines promising avenues for overcoming these hurdles and achieving clinical translation.
Kailas Mahipal Malappuram   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent advances in managing vascular occlusions in the cardiac catheterization laboratory [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2018
Vascular occlusions continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The management of vascular occlusions in patients is complex, requiring specialized expertise in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and from other disciplines ...
Athar M. Qureshi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Variable‐Stiffness Robotic Systems Enabled by Phase‐Change Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Phase‐change materials (PCMs), such as shape memory alloys, hydrogels, shape memory polymers, liquid crystal elastomers, and low‐melting‐point alloys, are driving advancements in stiffness‐tunable robotic systems across a wide range of applications. This review highlights recent progress in PCM‐enabled robotics, focusing on their underlying mechanisms,
Sukrit Gaira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of an Educational Program on Nurse's knowledge concerning Complications of Cardiac Catheterization among Children at Al-Nassirhya Heart Center

open access: yesKufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To assess nurses' knowledge concerning complications of cardiac catheterization among children and to find out the relationships between the nurses' knowledge concerning complications of cardiac catheterization among children and socio ...
Leila Fakhir Aburaghif   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of Pre Cardiac Catheterization Nursing Care at Surgical Specialty Hospital-Cardiac Center in Erbil City

open access: yesErbil Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2020
Background and objectives: Cardiac catheterization is an invasive procedure, also is a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure of the heart and blood vessel. A major role of nurses is to provide care to the patients before procedure.
Yousif Baker Omer
doaj   +1 more source

Intrinsically Soft Implantable Electronics for Long‐term Biosensing Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
Intrinsically soft implantable biosensors address the mechanical mismatch of conventional rigid implants, improving biocompatibility and stability. This review explores soft encapsulation matrices, stretchable conductors, implantation strategies, and chronic fixation techniques.
Su Hyeon Lee   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcatheter intervention of modified Blalock–Taussig shunts in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome undergoing stage 1 palliation

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
BackgroundWhile several studies have explored the outcomes of transcatheter interventions for modified Blalock–Taussig shunts (MBTSs) in a broad range of congenital heart diseases, none have specifically examined the interventions in patients with ...
Nathalie Mini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anesthetic management of neonates undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization: a systematic literature review [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
Background: Several interventional cardiology procedures are required in neonates with congenital heart disease. Interventional cardiology procedures have a higher risk of cardiac arrest compared to other interventions.
Lina M. Valencia-Arango   +7 more
doaj   +4 more sources

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