Specialty Cardiovascular
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Advancing Pacemaker Lead Extraction and Revision
Massachusetts General Hospital team applies multidisciplinary expertise and clinical research to optimize patient care during pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead extraction and lead revision.
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Young Investigator's Award in Women's Cardiovascular Health: Q&A With Nandita Scott, MD
Mass General Brigham and Inova's Women's Cardiovascular Health have launched their inaugural Young Investigator Award. They are seeking abstract submissions for research on cardiovascular disease in women.
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One in Ten Home Hospital Patients With Heart Failure Requires Escalation of Care
Patients with heart failure who were enrolled in home hospital at Massachusetts General Hospital or Brigham and Women's Hospital had a 10% chance of requiring transfer for at least one night of traditional inpatient care, and this escalation of care was linked to increased healthcare utilization.
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Cholesterol-reducing Gut Bacteria Might Lower Heart Disease Risk
Ramnik J. Xavier, MD, PhD, Chenhao Li, PhD, Martin Stražar, PhD, and colleagues have found that cholesterol metabolism is an important property of certain gut bacteria, Oscillibacter, with potential benefits for lipid homeostasis and cardiovascular health.
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Three Things to Know About the Revamped Gordon Center for Medical Imaging
Matthias Nahrendorf, PhD, the recently appointed director of the Center, describes its new research emphasis and "extremely collaborative" mission.
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Newly Identified Genes Linked to Coronary Artery Calcification
Hanna Barnes, MD, Christian Lino Cardenas, PhD, PharmD, Rajeev Malhotra, MD, and colleagues add to the understanding of the genetic basis of coronary artery calcification by identifying 43 candidate genes at 11 chromosomal locations and demonstrating effects on cellular reprogramming leading to vascular calcification.
Cardiovascular Contributors
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Ahmed A. Tawakol, MD
Director, Nuclear Cardiology, Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Medical Grand Rounds: Stress and Cardiovascular Disease: New Data and Clinical Implications
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Akl C. Fahed, MD, MPH
Interventional Cardiologist and Physician-scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital , Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
New Approach Uses Public Genomics Data to Predict Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease in Non-European Populations
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David M. Dudzinski, MD, JD
Intensive Care Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Associate Editor, Case Records of the MGH
Recent Article
Standardizing Critical Care Cardiology Training
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Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD
Director, Coronary Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, MGH Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) program, Associate Physician, MGH Cardiology, Department of Medicine
Recent Article
Reducing Post-Thrombotic Syndrome Through Reperfusion After DVT May Be Time-Sensitive
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Gregory D. Lewis, MD
Jeffrey and Mary Ellen Jay Chair and Section Head of Heart Failure, Medical Director of Heart Transplantation
Recent Article
Higher Peak Systolic BP on Exercise Testing May Not Indicate Adverse Vascular Function
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James Louis Januzzi, MD
Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research, Cardiologist, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Hutter Family Professor of Medicine in the Field of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Cardiorenal Biomarkers Predict Major Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
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Jason H. Wasfy, MD
Medical Director, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Director of Quality and Analytics, Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center
Recent Article
Physician Burnout Rate at Mass General More Than Doubled Between 2019 and 2021
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Judy Wei-Ming Hung, MD
Director of the Echocardiography Lab, Division of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Tricuspid Regurgitation Uncommon After Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation But Tied to Cardiac Events
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Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD
Acting Chief of Cardiology, Co-Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
AI Finds Associations Between Genetically Predicted LV Mass and Future CV Events
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Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc
Director, Preventive Cardiology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Lipoprotein(a), Oxidized Phospholipids Linked With CVD Severity in a Cohort Referred for Angiography
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Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Recent Article
AI Finds Associations Between Genetically Predicted LV Mass and Future CV Events
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Co-Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Director, Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service, Mass General Brigham
Recent Article
Treating Pericardial Disease
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Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPH
Director, Cardio-Oncology Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program
Recent Article
T1 Value on Cardiac MRI Diagnoses Myocarditis Associated with Checkpoint Inhibitors
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and nurses specialize in specific forms of both heart and vascular disease, and work closely together to offer leading treatments and preventive care for cardiovascular conditions.