Specialty Cardiovascular
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Featured
New Collaborative Program Improves Marfan Syndrome Outcomes
The Marfan Syndrome and Related Conditions Program at Massachusetts General Hospital delivers comprehensive, lifetime care, including valve-sparing aortic root replacements, to increase life expectancy in patients with Marfan syndrome
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Proteomics Profiling Reveals Plasma Biomarkers of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital applied proteomics profiling to reveal plasma protein biomarkers of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—and found that some of the proteins correlated with known indicators of advanced disease.
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Better Guidelines Needed to Distinguish Individuals at Elevated Polygenic Risk of CAD
Current guideline-based strategies for estimating a patient's risk of coronary artery disease do not account fully for inherited susceptibility.
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Review: CT-based Computational Modeling to Identify High-Risk CAD
High-risk plaques destined to cause acute coronary syndrome can be identified using coronary computed tomographic (CT) angiography and computational fluid dynamics.
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TSC–VAD Better Than ECMO for Acute Support Before Heart Transplantation
In a nationwide study, patients bridged to transplant with temporary circulatory support–ventricular assist devices had post-transplant survival superior to those bridged with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and similar to those bridged with left-ventricular assist devices.
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Changes to Procedures for Identifying DVT in COVID-19 Patients Reduces Sonographer Exposure
When deep vein thrombosis is suspected in COVID-19 patients, Massachusetts General Hospital procedures for ordering and performing ultrasound have decreased the number of scans and reduced the sonographer's exposure time.
Cardiovascular contributors
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Aaron L. Baggish, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program Fellowship
Recent Article
Long-term Endurance Athletes Are at Increased Risk of Aortic Dilatation
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Ahmed A. Tawakol, MD
Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program
Recent Article
Neuroimmune Pathway Linked to Socioeconomic Status and CVD Outcomes -
Ami B. Bhatt, MD
Director, Mass General Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Director, Outpatient Cardiology
Recent Article
Cardiovascular Care: The Ideal Model for Telemedicine & Digital Health Care Delivery
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Anthony Rosenzweig, MD
Chief, Cardiology Division, Co-Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
Medical Grand Rounds: Cardiac Manifestations of COVID-19
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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
Interventional Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion
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Hanna K. Gaggin, MD, MPH
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Review: Predicting Cardiac Remodeling in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
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Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
CRT Improves Left Ventricular Function for Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiomyopathy Patients
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James Louis Januzzi, MD
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research
Recent Article
Caution Needed When Interpreting BNP During Sacubitril/Valsartan Treatment
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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
Electronic Consultations Help Sustain Outpatient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Jennifer E. Ho, MD
Cardiologist, Heart Failure and Transplantation Program, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Obesity Linked to Improved Survival of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
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Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MHCDS
Section Head, Vascular Medicine and Intervention, Chairman, STEMI & Acute MI Quality Improvement Committee
Recent Article
Mass General Provides Guidance for Anticoagulation in Patients with COVID-19
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Nasrien E. Ibrahim, MD
Associate Director, Resynchronization & Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program
Recent Article
Caution Needed When Interpreting BNP During Sacubitril/Valsartan Treatment
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Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Recent Article
Multi-ancestry GWAS Identifies 141 New Loci Underlying Cardiac Conduction
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
Outcomes of Elective Cardiac Surgery at Mass General Not Affected by Start Time
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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
Cardiac Injury and Cardiovascular Events Are Common After CAR T Therapy
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.Resource links
