Join Michael Hochman, MD, MPH, for the second episode of Updates in Slow Medicine. This installment discusses results from a recent study that raises the possibility that a…
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have created a synthetic heart valve that has the potential to reduce costs and improve efficiencies of surgical training programs. The…
Yao Shi, a graduate student research assistant at the University of Michigan, has developed an antenna capable of transmitting radio signals through body tissues up to 5 times…
Margarita Camacho, MD, and Mark J. Zucker, MD, JD, Barnabas Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center describe the alternative option of a C-Pulse heart assist device when dealing with…
Imagine using stem cells to rebuild the heart following severe heart failure or coronary heart disease. James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s…
James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, addresses a topic of great concern in cardiology today: leakage following aortic…
James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, discusses groundbreaking new therapies to cure cardiovascular disease using stem cell technology.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ablation of atrial fibrillation by combining the transvenous catheter approach with the thoracoscopic epicardial approach in a single procedure has a high success…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In clinical practice, XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary stent is associated with low event rates at one year, according to a large post-marketing study.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Implantation of a second transcatheter heart valve (THV-in-THV) is effective treatment for failed transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reperfusion-induced myocardial edema during percutaneous coronary intervention for MI can be attenuated by applying ischemic conditioning at the start of reperfusion, a French…
