Specialty Cardiovascular
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Featured
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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Mortality From Infective Endocarditis Related to Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices Declining in U.S.
In a nationwide study, researchers from the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital found in-hospital mortality from infective endocarditis related to cardiovascular implantable electronic devices decreased over a 15-year period, even though the number of comorbidities per patient increased.
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Assessing Heart Attack Risk With Genetics: Q&A With Akl C. Fahed, MD, MPH
Genome interpretation can augment our ability to interpret risk of heart attacks. Akl C. Fahed, MD, MPH, discusses a recent study that successfully implemented state-of-the-art genome interpretation for heart attack risk and showed that it is understandable and beneficial for people.
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Innovative Procedure for Peripheral Artery Disease: Q&A With Dr. Anahita Dua, MBChB, MBA, MSc
Diabetes can cause peripheral artery disease, where blood flow to the legs and feet is reduced. These patients typically have amputations. Mass General researchers, including Anahita Dua, MBChB, MBA, MSc, are using a new, cutting-edge procedure to direct oxygenated blood to the foot, reducing the need for amputation.
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
Assessing Heart Attack Risk With Genetics: Q&A With Akl C. Fahed, MD, MPH
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David M. Dudzinski, MD
Intensive Care Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Associate Editor, Case Records of the MGH
Recent Article
Training for Critical Care Cardiology Through Critical Care Medicine Fellowships
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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
Section Head, Heart Failure, Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Laboratory, Medical Director, Cardiology ICU and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Recent Article
Blood Pressure Assessment During Exercise Testing Aids Risk Stratification of Patients With Heart Failure
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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
Virtual Randomized Trial Feasible, Demonstrates Canagliflozin Relieves Symptom Burden in HF
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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
U.S. COVID-19 Test Results Strongly Correlate with Race/Ethnicity, Income
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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
Director, Telemachus & Irene Demoulas Family Foundation Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Polygenic Risk Score Identifies Individuals at Risk of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
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Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc
Director, Preventive Cardiology, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Lipoprotein(a) Prognostic of CHD in Contemporary Cohort Receiving Menopausal Hormone Therapy
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Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Recent Article
Primary Care Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults Feasible But Inefficient
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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.