Specialty Cardiovascular
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Implementation of New Troponin Tests Aids Diagnosis of MI
Novel troponin blood tests help identify myocardial infarction earlier. An expert at Massachusetts General gives guidance for successful implementation.
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The Relationship Between Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
Ahmed Tawakol, MD, co-director of the Cardiac MR PET CT Program, discusses the link between stress and atherosclerotic disease, and his team’s work using multimodality imaging to better understand that risk.
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Anticoagulants Used for SVT Ward Off Thrombi, VTE
Review of six superficial vein thrombosis studies finds use of anticoagulants, at sub-therapeutic doses, ward off thrombi, venous thromboembolism
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Weight Gain During NFL Career Linked to Post-Retirement Health Problems
Weight gain among elite football players, often a deliberate strategy to improve performance, is associated with a range of post-career chronic diseases, Massachusetts General researchers have determined.
Cardiovascular contributors
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Aaron L. Baggish, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program Fellowship
Recent Article
Weight Gain During NFL Career Linked to Post-Retirement Health Problems
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Ahmed A. Tawakol, MD
Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program
Recent Article
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Ami B. Bhatt, MD
Director, Mass General Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Recent Article
Impaired RV Reserve Predicts Cardiac Outcomes in Congenital Heart Patients
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Anthony Rosenzweig, MD
Chief, Cardiology Division, Co-Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
Exercise Increases the Generation of New Cardiomyocytes
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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
#ACC18 Video: Scientific Session in Summary
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Hanna K. Gaggin, MD, MPH
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Poster: A Clinical and Biomarker Scoring System to Predict the Presence of Obstructive PAD
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Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD
Associate Chief, Cardiology Division
Recent Article
Progressive Digital and Wearable Landscape Expands Horizons for EPs’ to Provide Continuous Patient Care
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James Louis Januzzi, MD
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research
Recent Article
Advancing Diagnostic Biomarkers for Cardiovascular 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
Quality Improvement Informed by an Analytics-Driven System Reduces Hospital Readmissions and Improves Care
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Jennifer E. Ho, MD
Cardiologist, Heart Failure and Transplantation Program, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
What Drives Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
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Kenneth Rosenfield, MD
Section Head, Vascular Medicine and Intervention, Chairman, STEMI & Acute MI Quality Improvement Committee
Recent Article
Despite Advanced Therapies, Mortality from Pulmonary Embolism Remains High
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Nasrien E. Ibrahim, MD
Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Recent Article
Poster: A Clinical and Biomarker Scoring System to Predict the Presence of Obstructive PAD
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Sekar Kathiresan, MD
Director of the Center for Genomic Medicine , Ofer and Shelley Nemirovsky MGH Research Scholar, Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative at the Broad institute
Recent Article
Apple Watch EKG App Detects Atrial Fibrillation
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Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Recent Article
Frequency of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities in a Half Million Adults
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
Improving the Safety of Vena Caval Thrombectomy in Kidney Cancer with Tumor Thrombus Team Approach
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Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPH
Director, Cardio-Oncology Program, Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program
Recent Article
Protease inhibitors may increase risk of cardiovascular death in people with HIV and heart failure
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
