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Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who had articles published in February 2018. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health i...

Derek M. DeLia, PhD, has joined MedStar Health Research Institute as the Director of Health Economics and Health Systems Research. His research focuses on healthcare payment and delivery reform, feder...

Many heart failure patients rely on left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), which are amazing medical implants that pump blood throughout the body. LVADs can mean the difference between life an...

A patient recently told me she was working to improve her fitness and had noticed unusual spikes in her heart rate during exercise. "Here, let me show you.” She brought out her phone and s...

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It’s hard to imagine that something as serious as a heart attack could go unnoticed. But as many as 1 in 4 heart attacks are “silent,” meaning the symptoms go unnoticed or are ...