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Discuss Open Heart Surgery Issues with a Nurse Practitoner: Carolyn Strimike RN, MSN, CCRN, APNPC, APN-C, Heartstrong, LLC:"Heartstrong is an educational and consulting business specializing in cardiovascular disease and prevention. Our services include community and professional seminars, and educational products/publications. Seminar topics include: nutrition, weight loss, exercise/fitness, stress relief, risk factors, diagnosis and management of heart disease/stroke/heart failure in women, alternative therapy in the treatment and prevention of heart disease. We can discuss special requests on other health and wellness topics and will customize programs for individual groups. We Want to Help People Live a Longer Healthier Life!" Heartstrong, LLC 6-05 Saddle River Rd #353 Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 Toll Free: 1-888-3HEART0 (Main) 1-888-343-2780 (Fax) E-mail: info@heart-strong.com http://www.heart-strong.com ****************************************************** ****************************************************** Related Topics: Antihyperlipidemics, Cardiac Medications, Cholesterol Lowering Drugs, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Diet Pills, Hyperlipidemia (High Cholesterol) Related Drugs: Advicor, Baycol, Cerivistatin, Lescol, Fluvastatin, Lipitor, Pravachol, Pravastatin, Tricor, Fenofibrate, Zocor, Simvastatin ****************************************************** Nursing Experts, Legal Nurse Consultants Specializing in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Laura Burchell-Henson RN, RCP, CCRN, CLNC, Medical-Legal Consultants Categories: Burn Unit, Critical Care nurse, Emergency Department, Expert Witness, Geriatrics, Homecare, Home Health, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Legal Nurse Consultant, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Medical Surgical, Nursing Expert, Obstetrics, Operating Room, Surgical, Open Heart (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting), Pediatrics, Recovery Room (PACU), Respiratory Therapy, Sub-Acute http://www.nursingexperts.com/henson/ ****************************************************** Kirk Herbert, RN, CLNC, Herbert & Associates, Arizona Legal Nurse Consultants, LNCs:"Herbert & Associates is a Legal Nurse Consulting firm specializing in Medical Malpractice. Our firm will assist you in all aspects of a Medical Malpractice case Plaintiff or Defense. We will perform an initial case review for merit, identify all defendants, address Standards of Care issues, identify necessary expert witnesses, assist with the acquisition of the expert witnesses, and develop reports ranging from a simple brief to a comprehensive report including chronologies." Specialty Areas: Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU), Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Open Heart Surgery, Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Legal Nurse Consulting, Med Mal, Medical Malpractice, Medical Research, Nurse Consultant, Personal Injury, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Recovery Room, Trauma, Wrongful Death http://www.nursingexperts.com/azclnc/ ****************************************************** ****************************************************** Having the Right Hospital Roommate Can Speed Recovery from Heart Bypass Surgery, Study Finds:"WASHINGTON -- For some people facing coronary bypass surgery, the prospect of having to share a hospital room might fill them with as much fear and loathing as the surgery itself. But a new study in the November edition of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), found that bypass surgery patients who shared a room with another cardiac patient -- especially one who had already had the same surgery --were less anxious, more ambulatory after surgery and were released from the hospital sooner than those who had had either a roommate with a different medical condition or no roommate at all." http://www.apa.org/releases/roommate.html ****************************************************** Advances in Open Heart Bypass Surgery:"Cardiothoracic Surgery of Savannah offers the latest advances in open heart surgery including, coronary artery bypass surgery, beating heart surgery, MIDCAB, minimally invasive endoscopic vein harvesting, and heart valve replacement." http://www.openheartsurgery.com/ ****************************************************** Cardiology - Sample Operative Reports: http://www.mtdesk.com/heart.shtml ****************************************************** How Useful Are Routine Chest X-Rays Of Preoperative Patients At Risk For Postoperative Chest Disease?: http://www.thriveonline.com/health/Library/CAD/abstract55.html ****************************************************** NOVA Online, Cut to the Heart: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/ ****************************************************** ****************************************************** National, International Cardiac Associations: The American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion: http://users.aol.com/OfficeAACP/home.html ****************************************************** American College of Cardiology: http://www.acc.org/ ****************************************************** American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP): The leading resource for the improvement in cardiopulmonary health and critical care worldwide. Its mission is to promote the prevention and treatment of diseases of the chest through leadership, education, research, and communication. http://www.chestnet.org/ ****************************************************** American College of Surgeons: http://www.facs.org/ ****************************************************** American Heart Association: http://www.amhrt.org/ ****************************************************** American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology: 503 Carlisle Dr., Suite 125, Herndon, VA 20170, 703-435-8556 Phone, 703-435-0056 Fax http://www.amsect.org/ ****************************************************** American Thoracic Society: 1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, VOICE: 212-315-8700, FAX: 212-315-6498 http://www.thoracic.org/index.html ****************************************************** American College of Cardiology: http://www.acc.org/ ****************************************************** Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion: 11 Base Line Road, P.O.Box 4310, London, Ontario, Canada, N6C 6A2, Phone: 1-888-496-CSCP(2727), Fax: (519) - 633-5804, E-mail: cscp@wwdc.com, Contact Person: Ms. Cynthnia Johnson http://www.cscp.ca/ ****************************************************** Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO): An international consortium of health care professionals and scientists who are dedicated to the development and evaluation of novel therapies for support of failing organ systems. Crucial is the promotion of a broad multidisciplinary collaboration. The primary mission of the Organization is to maintain a registry of, at least, use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in active ELSO centers. http://www.elso.med.umich.edu/ ****************************************************** State Cardiac Assocations: Arizona Society of Echocardiography: An organization of medical professionals practicing in the field of cardiovascular ultrasound. The organization is comprised of over 100 physicians and sonographers. http://aztec.asu.edu/medical/azse/azse0.html ****************************************************** Complications: Surgical-Site Infections After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Discriminating Site-Specific Risk Factors to Improve Prevention Efforts. http://www.jstor.org/pss/30142412 ****************************************************** Post-Operative: Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering Reduces Atherosclerosis Progression in Bypass Grafts: Aggressive lowering of LDL-cholesterol (to under 100 mg/dL) in patients who have had coronary artery bypass surgery results in less progression of atherosclerosis in their bypass grafts than does more moderate lowering, according to the results of a large clinical trial funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan97/nhlbi-15.htm ****************************************************** See also: Do We Achieve Maximum Medical Therapy for Patients with Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease?: http://clinical-cardiology.org/briefs/9706briefs/ccedmemo.9706.shtml ****************************************************** ****************************************************** For Health Information you can use, Follow, Connect, Like us on (Most Invites Accepted): http://www.nursefriendly.com/social/: Twitter! http://www.nursefriendly.com/twitter What's New Blogger: http://4nursing.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.nursefriendly.com/facebook Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nursefriendly Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurses In Business, http://nursingentrepreneurs.ning.com/ Posterous.com, http://nursefriendly.posterous.com StumbleUpon, http://www.nursefriendly.com/stumbleupon ****************************************************** If your website is not listed here, we encourage you to submit it: Add Your Website/URL. 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