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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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Large, International Study Identifies Genes and Causal Mechanisms for Coronary Artery Disease
Krishna G. Aragam, MD, MS, and colleagues in the CARDIoGRAMplusC4D Consortium developed a novel framework for determining causal variants, genes, and mechanistic pathways in coronary artery disease, which could enhance research into other diseases involving genome-wide association studies.
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Risk Factors Identified for Cardiovascular Disease in Individuals With Hepatic Steatosis
Kathleen E. Corey, MD, MPH, MMSc, Júlia Karády, MD, and colleagues conducted the first study of risk factors for cardiovascular disease risk in patients with hepatitis steatosis based on comprehensive baseline profiling as well as prospective analysis of major adverse cardiovascular events.
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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.
Coronary Artery Disease Contributors
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Douglas E. Drachman, MD
Director, Education, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
What to Expect at the ACC.23 Together With WCC: Q&A With Dr. Douglas Drachman -
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 -
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 -
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
Multi-Biomarker Panel Predicts CV Events in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease -
Malissa J. Wood, MD
Co-Director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program
Recent Article
Review: Does Patient–Physician Gender Concordance Influence Patient Perceptions or Outcomes?