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Featured
Coronary Artery Disease: Pathways and Subtypes
Precision medicine can help answer whether or not current heart disease treatment paradigms optimally address genetic heterogeneity.
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Hope for High-risk Coronary Artery Patients
Many patients with complex CAD are high-risk and ineligible for surgical treatment. Alternative and advanced interventions at Mass General are proving to be effective.
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Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting & Data System (CAD-RADS)
Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians discuss a male age 55 that presents with left sided chest pain and has a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
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Results of the ISCHEMIA trial, a Late-Breaking Science Session from the 2019 AHA Meeting
Michael Picard, MD, cardiologist in the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, discusses the outcomes of the ISCHEMIA trial, for which he interpreted the stress echocardiograms. The trial studied the benefits of medical therapy or more invasive strategies for patients with stable forms of ischemic heart disease.
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Gaps Remain in Preventative Care of Patients With Nonobstructive CAD Discovered in ED Visits
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have become the first to study both hospital and long-term outpatient management after nonobstructive coronary artery disease is detected by computed tomography angiography performed in the emergency department.
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Review: Analyzing the Latest Data on Recurrent CVD Prevention
Cardiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital review the newest evidence on how physical activity, cholesterol management, omega-3 fatty acids, hypoglycemic agents and direct-acting oral anticoagulants can aid in secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Coronary Artery Disease contributors
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Douglas E. Drachman, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Recent Article
ACC 2019: A Media Roundup
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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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James Louis Januzzi, MD
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research
Recent Article
Review: Myocardial Injury in the Era of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays
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Malissa J. Wood, MD
Co-Director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program
Recent Article
Leveraging Social Media in Medicine
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
