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revascularization

Definitions

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  • noun surgery The restoration of a blood supply to an organ or limb

Etymologies

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re- +‎ vascularisation

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Examples

  • For example, a 2005 study found African-American cardiac patients were less likely than whites to receive a lifesaving procedure called revascularization, where doctors restore the flow of oxygen to the heart.

    CNN.com 2009

  • The drug did not result in a statistically significant reduction in the first occurrence of any component of the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, recurrent ischemia and urgent coronary revascularization, when added to the standard of care.

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  • I am a doctor, and even things as 'routine' as a lap chole or a hernia repair or a revascularization procedure have so many variables that each patient is unique in the benefit that they may received from the procedure and what the procedure will entail for them and the complications they may face.

    Comparing Effectiveness of Health Care Procedures, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • I am a doctor, and even things as 'routine' as a lap chole or a hernia repair or a revascularization procedure have so many variables that each patient is unique in the benefit that they may received from the procedure and what the procedure will entail for them and the complications they may face.

    Comparing Effectiveness of Health Care Procedures, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The drug did not result in a statistically significant reduction in the first occurrence of any component of the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, recurrent ischemia and urgent coronary revascularization, when added to the standard of care.

    Bearish Tone Hits Stocks Late In Week 2011

  • The study ' s primary goal was to compare rates of major vascular events between groups — heart attack, cardiac death, stroke, or revascularization procedures to unclog arteries.

    Merck Cholesterol Drug Is Found to Help Kidney Patients Peter Loftus 2010

  • In the 1990s, more effective drugs were introduced to inhibit clot formation, angioplasty was used for treatment and revascularization along with stents to keep blood vessels open, cardiac rehabilitation programs were implemented sooner, and implantable cardiac defibrillators were used in certain patients with irregular heartbeats.

    How Changes in Medical Technology Affect Health Care Costs 2009

  • “Cardiac rehabilitation programs remain underused in this country, with only 10 to 20 percent of the 2 million eligible patients a year who experienced heart attack or underwent cardiac revascularization procedures participating,” said Arthur Leon, M.D., chairman of the writing group and Henry L. Taylor professor in exercise science and health enhancement at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

    Mending Broken Hearts with Cardiac Rehab 2008

  • A revascularization procedure or medical therapy and observation?

    Clinical Case: Leg Pain (Part 2) 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • These results are similar to the improvement among 34 percent of the patients in the British study of transmyocardial laser revascularization mentioned by Lange and Hillis.

    Medpundit 2006

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