Over the past six decades, physicians and scientists at the Texas Heart Institute have worked diligently with colleagues around the...
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HOUSTON – (Sept. 25, 2019) – A group of researchers at the Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine and the...
The therapeutic potential of stem cells and cell therapy has captured the imagination of society and the medical community alike...
Heart failure impacts 26 million people around the world and remains one of the most devastating heart conditions today. Our...
Gregg W. Stone, MD Cardiovascular Research Foundation Dr. Stone is Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center,...
Texas Heart Institute’s Alex Smith and his University of Houston (UH) mechanical engineering advisor for doctoral studies, professor Ralph Metcalfe,...
Timing of an ICD implant depends mainly on severity of the heart problem and presence of arrhythmia. If you have...
High blood pressure from any cause will, over time, put you at increased risk of stroke, kidney failure and congestive...
Essentially it is correct that Medicare requires 3 months to pass after initial diagnosis if heart failure before ICD implant....
Sorry, too little information to answer the question. To provide a clear answer, other important data is needed, such as...
Dear Dana, The heart has 2 functions. It squeezes (systolic function) and relaxes (diastolic function). Heart failure is classically due...
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is regarded as one of the gold standards in the assessment of heart disease. In...
