More articles about: Frankel Cardiovascular Center

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Michigan Health Lab's 20 for 2020

The most read stories of 2019 on the Michigan Health Lab blog.
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The Top 5 Most Played Michigan Medicine News Break Podcasts of 2019

A list of the top 5 podcasts of 2019 from the Michigan Health and Michigan Health Lab blogs.
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A Story of Faith: The Pregnant Mother Who Had Cancer, Heart Failure and Two Strokes in One Year

After becoming pregnant, getting cancer, having heart failure and two strokes, one mother reflects back on her care team and her faith which pulled her through.
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Why It’s Important to be an Active Support Coach

Michigan Medicine experts explain why support coaches, or caregivers, are playing a more prominent role than ever in a patient’s successful recovery after surgery.
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Study Cautions Against Catch-All Assumptions About LVADs

Michigan Medicine study investigates the effects of significant mitral regurgitation on patients after the implantation of a left ventricular assist device.
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Partnership Guides New Approach to Acute Aortic Dissection

Upon uncovering that inadequate blood flow can be a more imminent, life-threatening problem than aortic rupture for some patients, doctors emerge with a new procedural method.
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Timeliness Key to Treating Mitral Valve Disease

A mitral valve repair puts patients back to their original life spans. Hear one man’s advice to others who may want to put off treatment.
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Recovering from Open-Heart Surgery: 6 Things to Expect

A Michigan Medicine expert shares knowledge and tips for patients to take greater control of the healing process.
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3 Heart Health Risks All Men Should Know

While heart disease remains the No. 1 cause of death in both sexes, men have a greater risk of heart attack. Abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or erectile dysfunction (ED) may signal the presence of heart disease.
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Anatomy of a Human Heart

Your heart does a lot of work to keep the body going. Learn about the organ’s amazing power and the functions of its many parts.
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How Cancer Treatment and Heart Disease Are Connected

The connection between cancer treatment and heart disease is gaining more attention from researchers and specialists. Cardio-oncologists can work with cancer treatment patients to recommend preventive measures, address cardiac complications, and monitor t
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Growth of Cardio-Obstetrics Care Presents Challenges, Opportunity

Cardio-obstetrics teams are caring for more women than ever before. An expert explains the growing field.
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Is Your Racing Heart a Sign of Supraventricular Tachycardia?

Approximately 2 in every 1,000 people have supraventricular tachycardia, a type of arrhythmia that can often be cured.
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Keto Diets and Heart Health: What’s the Risk?

Is the keto diet good for heart health? Michigan Medicine explores the heart health benefits, and risks, of the keto diet and similar low-carb diets.
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Despite Improved Survival, LVAD Patients Face High Infection Rates

A team of researchers are looking at all angles to figure out how to reduce the rates of health-care-associated infections for patients who get ventricular assist devices.