Recent Advances in the Management of Lung Cancer
By Divyakant B. Gandhi, MD - Published in, Lansing State Journal, April 29, 1996
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.
Death rates from lung cancer in females has quadrupled the last 50 years and almost 7 times more in males over the same period...
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The Mitral Valve question
By Bernadine Healy, M.D. - Published in U.S. News & World Report, September 28, 2007
Replace or repair, that's the question. And it is the single most critical one for patients facing cardiac valve surgery.
The 2007 Lasker Award for medical research highlighted the distinction, perhaps inadvertently, when it honored two heart surgeons
last month for developing artificial heart valves. Albert Starr of Portland, Ore., devised mechanical replacements using metal cages
and silicone balls, and Alain Carpentier of Paris fashioned bioprostheses from tanned pig valves sewn onto metal rings.
The irony is that Carpentier went on to find a way not to replace the leaky mitral valve. Surgical reconstruction spares the natural valve,
and the outcome is vastly better. Unfortunately, thousands of patients suitable for repair are still having their valves removed, missing
out on what might be Carpentier's greater contribution—particularly if you have a mitral problem...
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Atrial Fibrillation
A new, minimally invasive procedure could be a relief for those who suffer.
By Divyakant B. Gandhi, MD FACS FRCS - October 2007
The heart has four chambers. Two atria at the top collect blood, and the two ventricles at the bottom of the heart pump the blood. Atrial fibrillation is a condition where the top chambers of the heart will beat rapidly and in a disorderly fashion. This disorder affects about 2 percent of the adult population in the United States, and unfortunately the incidence increases with age...
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A Heart-To-Heart
For mitral valve disorders: should we repair or replace?
By Divyakant B. Gandhi, MD FACS FRCS - November 2007
The heart is a biological pump that performs a mechanical function in the body; and like any other pump, the heart needs valves to direct
the flow of fluid—in this case blood—in order for it to function effectively and efficiently. Anatomically, the heart has four chambers.
Two atria at the top collect the blood, and the two ventricles at the bottom of the heart pump the blood...
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Congestive Hearts
Knowing what you're dealing with could help with treatment.
By Divyakant B. Gandhi, MD FACS FRCS - January 2008
The heart performs two primary functions in the body. The right side of the heart collects deoxygenated blood from the body and pumps it
into the lungs that purify, filter, and oxygenate the blood. The left side of the heart, then, collects the blood from the lungs and pumps
it throughout the body to maintain its oxygen, nutritional and metabolic requirements...
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Heart Surgery
Surgical options for management of congestive heart failure
By Divyakant B. Gandhi, MD FACS FRCS - February 2008
In continuation with the article in the January 2008 issue of Healthy & Fit Magazine, where I presented the various diseases that lead to
congestive heart failure, I hereby discuss surgical options that may help a number of these conditions...
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New lease on life
Heart procedure is a first in the area
By Joe Slezak, The News-Herald - June 25, 2008
In 2005, Manuel Gonzalez tried to walk three blocks, but it took him 45 minutes because he had to stop four times.
"(It was) like somebody had a hand on my heart and squeezed it" he said.
It was then that the Southgate resident, 61, knew something: had to change -"I was just fed, up with it," he said...
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A-fib survivor seeking to raise awareness
By Christie Bleck, Ingham County Community News, September 27, 2009
MASON - Teresa Cassaubon has her independence and her life back. And she wants others to know how she did it. -
Cassaubon suffered from atrial fibrillation, a common type of abnormal heart rhythm. She wants to raise awareness of the dangerous condition -
and a surgery option being performed at Ingham Regional Medical Center...
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New Treatment Targets Heart Problem
By Jeremy H. Dickman, The Rising Sun, October 17, 2009
Three years ago John Frisch noticed his heart was having sporadic episodes of arrhythmia.
Frisch, now 68, had been suffering from atrial fibrillation, or an abnormal rhythm of the electrical system of the heart that causes
rapid beating of the upper chambers of the heart.
Atrial fibrillation disrupts the heart's ability to effectively pump, and complications can be threatening...
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