Daily Archives: September 24, 2008

Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Elective Surgery after Stent Placement Should be Delayed

Mayo Clinic researchers have studied the largest group of patients to date to understand the risk of non-cardiac elective surgery for those who have cardiac stents. The two papers, along with an editorial, are in the current issue of Anesthesiology.
The research indicates that patients who have cardiac stents placed in arteries should wait before having [...]

Mayo Clinic Receives Grant to Study Deep Vein Thrombosis

John Heit, M.D., a cardiovascular physician at Mayo Clinic, received today a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for its Genes, Environment and Health Initiative. Dr. Heit’s grant will be used to study the genome-wide association of venous thrombosis (blood clots in the veins).
Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in a [...]