MedStar Health Blog

An ongoing study at MedStar Health Research Institute seeks to determine whether an app-based solution can help patients with heart failure stay on the proper dosage of lifesaving medications.  ...

This article was written by Brian Thomas Bethea, MD. Research from the Triluminate study of a novel device to repair the tricuspid valve has shown excellent early results, giving physician-scien...

Scientists from MedStar Health Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health are studying new ways to use MRI to better understand common cardiovascular diseases and improve treatment opti...

This summer we learned that MedStar Washington Hospital Center has achieved a top spot in U.S. New and World Report’s “Best Hospital” rankings for 2022-2023. After evaluation of more than 4,500 hospi...

Recent advances in diagnostic technology are providing answers for patients with the mysterious heart condition “chest pain syndrome X”—a frustratingly common condition that we used...

Heart disease remains the number one killer of U.S. adults, and the number of young women having heart attacks—sometimes without realizing it—is increasing at an alarming rate. Accordin...