Posts by Varsha K. Tanguturi, MD
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Review: Managing Severe Aortic Stenosis in the COVID-19 Era
In the absence of medical society guidelines, Massachusetts General Hospital cardiologists recommend best practices for managing patients with severe aortic stenosis under the resource constraints imposed by COVID-19.
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Inadequate Surveillance of Valvular Disease May Help Explain Disparities in Outcomes
Black, female and older patients and patients on Medicaid are less likely to receive appropriate echocardiographic surveillance of valvular heart disease, per an analysis performed in the Cardiology Outcomes Research Group at Massachusetts General Hospital. They report their findings in a research letter in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.