Mirage News

UPF Heart Model Aids Arrhythmia Treatment Advances

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common kinds of arrhythmia, causing the heart not to contract properly in order to pump the blood, which can ...
EurekAlert!

Why can a computational model of the heart created at UPF help doctors operate on and treat patients with arrhythmia?

The model is based on a 3D reconstruction of the heart of each patient, resorting to a computerized tomography (scan) of the left atrium, and can help to medical professionals who perform this ...

Advanced Internal Rating-Based (AIRB) Approach: Measuring Credit Risk

Learn how the Advanced Internal Rating-Based (AIRB) approach helps financial institutions internally assess credit risk using ...
The Herald SC

Here’s what a new Fort Mill hospital means for 911 calls across York County

Atrium Health’s plans for a $450 million hospital and medical office building campus in Fort Mill could bring changes when people call 911 for emergency medical care. York County contracts with ...
Post and Courier

Atrium Health to build $450M hospital in Fort Mill as health care options grow in region

FORT MILL — One of South Carolina’s fastest-growing areas didn’t have a hospital before 2022. By the end of the decade, Fort Mill could have two, with another sitting nearby. Atrium Health, based in ...
Charlotte Observer

Atrium’s $450M SC expansion plan ignites competition in booming Charlotte suburb

Atrium Health plans to build a hospital in Fort Mill, creating competition for a part of York County that’s long been coveted by healthcare providers. Atrium outlined plans for a $450 million hospital ...
The Business Journals

Atrium Health targets Fort Mill for $450M hospital campus

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Atrium Health expects to begin ...
Medscape

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion May Lower Stroke Severity

Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) during cardiac surgery in patients with atrial fibrillation was associated with lower stroke-related disability and reduced risk for 30-day mortality and ...
MedPage Today

Drug Therapy Holds Its Own Against LAAO in High-Risk Patients With Afib

NEW ORLEANS – Standard medical care seemed to be a better bet than a catheter-based procedure in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib), according to the CLOSURE-AF study. The trial had a ...
Healio

Left atrial appendage closure may not confer benefit vs. drug therapy in high-risk AF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk for stroke and bleeding, left atrial appendage occlusion was ...
The New York Times

The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.

The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing internal strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration. The environmental group ...
TCTMD

DOAC May Be Safer Than DAPT After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: ANDES

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) don’t reduce device-related thrombosis (DRT) compared with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) following left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), but ...