Creative Strategies Used to Save COVID Patient Who Needed 149 Days of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Infection with COVID-19 can take many forms. It can be mild enough to be mistaken for the common cold, or...
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THI’s Stephen Palmer, PhD, ELS, Elected President of BELS
Stephen (Steve) N. Palmer, PhD, ELS, the manager of the Department of Scientific Publications for The Texas Heart Institute, has...
The Texas Heart Institute Promotes Healthy Eating and Fitness at East End Fit Houston Fest 2023
HOUSTON (Nov. 5, 2023) — The Texas Heart Institute led by example today as staff members joined the Zumba dance...
EXPERT Trial Examines Radiation Exposure for Patients and Doctors During Coronary Angiography
A newly published clinical trial shows that coronary angiography by the transradial approach does not incur more radiation exposure than...
Systematic Review on Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Named One of Wiley’s Most Downloaded Articles
Two years ago, authors at The Texas Heart Institute and several other institutions published a systematic review of the literature...
Unique Transcatheter Valve-Replacement Procedure Helps Patient With Severe Congenital Heart Disease
New, minimally invasive surgical procedures can help even people with severe congenital heart valve disease live a normal life. In...
Review Examines Outcomes of 2018 Changes to Donor-Heart Allocation in the United States
A new review article published by The Texas Heart Institute President and CEO Joseph G. Rogers, MD, and colleagues suggests...
Technique for Replacing Aortic Root While Leaving Valve in Place Detailed in New Article
A recent article published by surgeons at The Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College Medicine details a complex procedure for...
Aortic Disease Guidelines Provide Clinicians With the Latest Knowledge in the Field
This year, the Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of...
Mycotic Aortic Aneurysms Are Rare but Often Dangerous
Rare Aneurysms Caused by Infection Need Special Attention A 30-year study of mycotic aortic aneurysms shows that they are rare...
Preoperative Hyponatremia Predicts Poorer Long-Term Survival in Patients Receiving LVADs
With the constant goal of improving treatment for patients with heart failure, clinical investigators at Texas Heart Institute and Baylor...
New Method of Mapping Electrical Signals in the Heart Could Improve Arrhythmia Treatment
Collaborating research teams at Texas Heart Institute (THI) and Rice University have developed a new computer mapping algorithm that could...
