More articles about: Cardiovascular: Diseases & Conditions
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Social, financial barriers linked to reduced treatment for dangerous blood clots
People who experience social and financial challenges are less likely to receive certain anticoagulant prescriptions for potentially deadly blood clots, according to a study.
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Aortic valve replacement: Understanding TAVR and SAVR
Cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists discuss aortic valve replacement, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, and surgical aortic valve replacement, or SAVR.
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More than half of U.S. adults now qualify for statins under new guidelines
Cholesterol-lowering medicines called statins can reduce heart attack and stroke risk decades later; a study finds millions more people should be taking them.
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Heart failure ‘polypill’ improves cardiac function, cuts hospitalization risk
Treatment with a “polypill” that combines multiple medications into a single daily dose significantly enhanced cardiac function and reduced hospitalizations for patients with heart failure, according to a new study.
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Expert complex heart surgery team saves baby with rare genetic heart condition
A baby boy born with a severe form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy needed a complicated procedure few centers perform
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Medicare's New GLP-1 Bridge Program
An obesity expert welcomes new Medicare option for access to effective weight loss medication, and shares the new program’s limitations.
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How a temporary heart pump can support high risk cardiac surgery
A cardiac surgeon from Michigan Medicine offers helpful details on Impella devices.
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Treating a rare coronary artery aneurysm without open heart surgery
Cardiologists at University of Michigan Health prevented the rupture of an aneurysm in a woman’s heart and used a minimally invasive solution to avoid open heart surgery.
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A heart attack 9 days after giving birth: Mother of 4 shares her SCAD experience
A mother of four shares journey with a rare heart attack just days after birth called Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, a leading cause of heart attacks in women under 50.
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Severe strokes linked to 5 times higher dementia risk
As stroke severity increases, the risk of progressive cognitive decline and dementia substantially rises, according to a national study led by Michigan Medicine researchers.
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Fighting rejection antibodies to make heart transplant possible
A woman who spent more than a decade with life-threatening heart rhythms received a transplant despite having high levels of antibodies that reject donor organs.
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A night of two national titles for U-M, as scientists and basketball players both triumph
On the same night that the U-M men's basketball team triumphed in the NCAA tournament, U-M cardiovascular researchers won a national tournament of science
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Champion wrestler returns to coaching after heart transplant
Born with a genetic condition that can cause a dangerously fast heartbeat, a national-champion-wrestler-turned-coach found received a lifesaving heart transplant.
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Six U-M medical research teams picked for virtual science tournament
The March Madness of science, called STAT Madness, brings attention to scientific research at U-M and around the nation; six U-M-led teams have made it to this year's tournament run by a health news organization.
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Specialized local care gives baby with severe heart condition a stronger start before surgery
Newborn with a complex congenital heart defect receives coordinated, specialty care close to home while gaining strength before surgery.
