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Featured
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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Quality Improvement Informed by an Analytics-Driven System Reduces Hospital Readmissions and Improves Care
A Massachusetts General expert uses data analytics to improve the quality, value and delivery of cardiology care.
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Advancing Diagnostic Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease
James Januzzi, MD, director of the Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research, discusses his team’s focus on the role of biomarker testing to diagnose the presence of cardiovascular disease and to establish prognosis or course of the disease.
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Surgical Training Model Is Safe Despite Older Surgical Patients With More Complications
Massachusetts General Hospital Surgical Resident Training Model is deemed safe, even as its average surgical patient is older and has more complications.
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Protease inhibitors may increase risk of cardiovascular death in people with HIV and heart failure
A recent study led by Mass General researchers is the first to find that ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor regimens increase the risk for heart failure events in persons with HIV.
Learn more about Mass General's Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program
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
Advancing Diagnostic Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease
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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
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
