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Drug-coated balloon helps keep arteries from becoming blocked again in common, potentially dangerous leg condition.

Motor-driven pump about the diameter of a pencil, threaded to the heart via catheter, can move more than 2.5 liters of blood per minute through the body

University Hospital is connecting moms and babies through technology

PCCI signs a 3-year contract with University Health System in San Antonio, Texas to implement the Pieces™ software platform. "University Health System is a nationally recognized, premier teaching hospital system, and we are thrilled to partner with them around the Pieces™ system," states Ruben Amarasingham, MD, MBA president and chief executive officer of PCCI. Within 24 hours of patients checking into the hospital, Pieces™ tells care providers who is most at risk for...

A UT Kids neonatologist at University Hospital participated in a national study that looked to see if a potentially blinding disease in premature babies could be identified safely and accurately from many miles away. The study showed that telemedicine could effectively monitor vulnerable babies where pediatric ophthalmologists are in short supply — which is pretty much everywhere, said Alice Gong, M.D., professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science...

BACKGROUND: In addition to glaucoma care, the technique is useful for cataract surgeries and repair of traumatic ocular injuries, Dr. Nagi said. Glaucoma is a blinding disease in which the optic nerve deteriorates, usually because of high pressure in the eye. ECP is a type of laser that gently burns the ciliary body, the muscle that secretes aqueous humor (a liquid) in the eye. This reduces the pressure. ECP uses an endoscopic probe – a camera the size of a pencil lead – to...

Bionic suit may help some patients get out of their wheelchairs

AUT Medicine San Antonio cardiologist, Dr. Manoj Panday, will implant a subcutaneous internal cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) into a patient at University Hospital at noon today (Monday, March 31 ). The patient, who is at high risk for sudden cardiac arrest, will be the first University Health System patient to be treated with this new device. The surgery is expected to last one hour. Dr. Panday performed two S-ICD implantations in the past month at the South Texas Veterans Health Care...

San Antonio-based disinfecting technology acquired by University Health System

New germ-zapping robots, developed and built in San Antonio, use ultraviolet rays 25,000 times more powerful than sunlight to disinfect