Last night I was watching Grand Rounds at The Univ. of Washington, regarding AVR. Nothing on it hasn't been discussed
here on this website. Two interesting points:
1. The chief of cardiology refered to coumadin as a "blood thinner"! That should make Al Lodwick real happy..NOT!
2. The debate ( Mech. vs Tisssue ) ending development of
bio-eng valves ( stem cells taken from one's own blood marrow,
then grown in to heart valve ) was predicted by this doctor
to be just 10 years away. Problem is, medical science has been
promising Bio-end. valve were 5 to 10 years away for the last
20 years that I am aware of. As recently as 1996, Advanced
Tissue Sciences Inc. promised a production valve by 2000.
Today, the last time I checked, they were in Chapter 15 and
their research assets had been sold to another company.
here on this website. Two interesting points:
1. The chief of cardiology refered to coumadin as a "blood thinner"! That should make Al Lodwick real happy..NOT!
2. The debate ( Mech. vs Tisssue ) ending development of
bio-eng valves ( stem cells taken from one's own blood marrow,
then grown in to heart valve ) was predicted by this doctor
to be just 10 years away. Problem is, medical science has been
promising Bio-end. valve were 5 to 10 years away for the last
20 years that I am aware of. As recently as 1996, Advanced
Tissue Sciences Inc. promised a production valve by 2000.
Today, the last time I checked, they were in Chapter 15 and
their research assets had been sold to another company.