After bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement, patients who took the oral drug warfarin had better outcomes including lower mortality rates and fewer blood clots, according to new research from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.
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First lady Jill Biden, EdD, will be visiting Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Dec. 8, KNX News reported.
A Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian study found removing race information from cardiovascular risk calculators did not affect patients' risk scores.
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System named Raymond Benza, MD, director of pulmonary hypertension.
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System named Raymond Benza, MD, director of pulmonary hypertension.
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Middletown, New York-based Garnet Health Medical Center recently launched its open-heart surgery program, Mid Hudson News reported Dec. 4.
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has taken part in testing and researching a headset designed to help emergency technicians better identify large vessel occlusion ischemic strokes prior to patients arriving at the hospital.
St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine researchers found radiation therapy can improve outcomes in patients with ventricular tachycardia.
A recent study found noninvasive ultrasound therapy could be a treatment option for some patients who cannot undergo surgical or transcatheter valve replacement.
Researchers at the NCH Rooney Heart Institute in Naples, Fla., are leaning on a new therapeutic treatment for "widow-maker" heart attacks: supersaturated oxygen therapy.