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June 21, 2024
The first days and weeks at home following labor and delivery can be a magical and exhausting experience for new mothers. For some, it can be a dangerous time, too. Hypertensive disorders of pregnanc...
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January 25, 2016The Spiritual Care Department at MedStar Washington Hospital Center has launched the Not Alone Transition Companion program, to provide critically ill or dying patients with a companion when family members or friends are not availabl
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January 07, 2016
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 ...
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January 07, 2016
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 ...
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January 07, 2016Physicians are spreading the word about the growing local incidence of Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that can damage the heart.
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December 18, 2015
By MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Team
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...
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November 02, 2015
By MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Team
Ron Waksman, MD, director of Cardiovascular Research and Advanced Education, is leading an international, multicenter study to determine if the presence of Lipid-Rich Plaques (LRP) can predict a futur...