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New Strategies for Heart Failure Patients Improves Outcomes
One-third of heart failure patients do not respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) | A coordinated care approach at Mass General for heart failure patients improves outcomes.
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The Promise of Ventricular-Assist Devices (VADs)
VAD technology is continually improving. Mass General data indicates new VADs improve 5-year survival rates. Trials for the latest generation are under way.
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Different Definitions of HFpEF Have an Impact on Patient Outcomes
The various definitions of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) miss up to 85% of patients with abnormal rest or exercise filling pressures, cardiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital have found. Better hemodynamic phenotyping is needed to target patients at highest risk.
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Cilia Defects During Fetal Development Can Cause Mitral Valve Prolapse
Altered developmental processes involving primary cilia can lead to mitral valve prolapse, proving that it isn't always an age-related disease.
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Echocardiography in Valvular Heart Disease
Judy Wei-Ming Hung, MD, director of Echocardiography in the Division of Cardiology, is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of mitral regurgitation. In this video, she discusses an algorithm for approaching and diagnosing the condition that she developed as part of a recent set of joint guidelines for severe aortic stenosis.
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Each Additional Hospital Day of Catheterization Increases the Risk of UTI
In 1974, a seminal study found that the number of hospital days spent catheterized is a significant risk factor for urinary tract infection. Researchers recently confirmed that finding—and identified additional risk factors to consider in prevention efforts.
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Heart Failure contributors
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James Louis Januzzi, MD
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research
Recent Article
HDL Apolipoproteins May Identify Risk, Prognosis of CAD
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
Risk Factors Identified for Prolonged AF After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
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