MedStar Health Blog

Eighty percent of all heart disease is preventable – and heart disease does affect women. In fact, it is the leading cause of death among women in the U.S. So it is very important for women of a...

MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center is one of only two hospitals in the nation selected to partner with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) on the Find Yo...

Hard on the heels of a major national survey assessing the impact of cardio-oncology care, the American College of Cardiology has appointed Ana Barac, MD, PhD, FACC, chair of a new section devoted to ...

Congenital Heart Defects Detective The device is thinner than a flash drive, elegantly streamlined and slanted at the edges like the latest smart phones. Cardiologist Margaret Bell Fischer, MD, holds ...

Armed with techniques learned in Asia and new devices created in the U.S., two specialists at MedStar Washington Hospital Center are giving hope to a subset of chronic total occlusion (CTO) patients w...