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Mass General team calls for more ‘sports’ in cardiovascular training
Given many competitive athletes and highly active people have an increased risk of cardiovascular events, a Massachusetts General Hospital team offers a core curriculum for sports cardiology and its integration into existing cardiovascular care teams, research, and training requirements and board certification.
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Why Sports Cardiology Needs a Core Curriculum: Q&A with Rory Weiner, MD and Meagan Wasfy, MD
Mass General’s Rory Weiner, MD and Meagan Wasfy, MD discuss the motivation behind the recently released curriculum for sports cardiology and its integration into existing cardiovascular care teams.
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Chronic Anabolic Steroid Use May Damage Heart and Arteries
New research out of Mass General indicates chronic anabolic-androgenic steroid use may be damaging to the heart and the coronary arteries.
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Customized Exercise Testing After Unrevealing Standard Test Improves Diagnostic Yield
If standardized maximal-effort, graded exercise testing is inconclusive, same-session customized exercise testing is likely to provide clinically useful information about patients with exertional symptoms suggestive of cardiovascular 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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Adaptive Text Messaging System Allows Personalized Approach to Health Promotion
Psychiatrists at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a health promotion text messaging system that is the first to send personalized messages and combine health education with support for psychological well-being.
Cardiovascular Performance contributors
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Aaron L. Baggish, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program Fellowship
Recent Article
Customized Exercise Testing After Unrevealing Standard Test Improves Diagnostic Yield
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Meagan Murphy Wasfy, MD
Recent Article
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Rory Brett Weiner, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Why Sports Cardiology Needs a Core Curriculum: Q&A with Rory Weiner, MD and Meagan Wasfy, MD
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
