In 1989, a congenital heart condition called Marfan syndrome hospitalized Cook at just 25 years old. His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.
A fatal motorcycle accident made a heart available, but it was on its way to someone else, when, Cook says, a miracle happened. The heart was a perfect match for him.
“I was literally on the heart-lung bypass machine with no hope for survival at all when this beautiful heart that was scheduled to go somewhere else was turned around in the middle of this trip and given to me to last all these years,” he said.
President Donald Trump visited his wife, Melania, in the hospital Tuesday as she continues to recover after a kidney procedure. Trump said earlier Tuesday that the first lady is “doing really well” and that he expected her back at the White House before the end of the week. He arrived by helicopter at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside. Virginia Feb 8, 2018
February 11, 2021
Suture-based vascular closure devices (VCDs) can, in real-world practice, lead to complications and even death, analysis of a US Food and Drug Administration database confirms. These adverse outcomes varied by whether the VCD in question was the decades-old Prostar XL or the newer Perclose ProGlide (Abbott), which arrived on the US market in 2018.
The researchers caution, however, that the data they report don’t capture the true incidence, since the “denominator” of the total case count over the years is hard to pin down.
Use of large-bore closure devices is expected to rise given the growth in TAVI and structural heart procedures, percutaneous left ventricular assist device implantation, and endovascular interventions. Beyond the suture-based VCDs, other designs have now arrived for instance, following results from the SAFE-MANTA trial, the Manta (Essential Medical), which combines a bioresorbable collagen plug and suture system to seal the puncture site,
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900,000 infected. More than 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo and John D. Harden, The Washington Post
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1of8Christine Uncles, left, embraces her mother, Cindi Uncles, while she holds the remains of her father, John Uncles, who died from covid-19 in April, at his funeral in Centreville, Va., on Dec. 12 - what would have been his 70th birthday.Photo by Amanda Voisard for The Washington PostShow MoreShow Less
2of8As attendees wear masks, Tom Montgomery presides as pastor over the interment service for Uncles, who died of covid-19 in April.Photo by Amanda Voisard for The Washington PostShow MoreShow Less