Cardiology
Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that certain symptoms are more and less predictive of patients’ risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which includes heart attack, in patients of different gender and race.
The prestigious fellowship provides $32,000 in funding for a year of cardiovascular research, with a bonus of $8,000 for travel expenses to find the ideal lab.
Mary Donofrio, M.D., professor of pediatrics, spoke with Health about the heart disease, tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia, and how it is treated.
Brian Choi, M.D., associate professor of medicine, spoke to Health for an article about the causes of cardiomyopathy and myocarditis.
With the help of the Health Sciences Emerging Scholars grant, George Washington University’s Josh Woolstenhulme, Ph.D., DPT, looks to prove the effectiveness of a new technology that can assess blood flow in the chest to make inferences about heart functionthat technology.
Steven Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research and associate professor of medicine, published a review in JAMA Cardiology encouraging cardiologists to participate in emerging payment models.
Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension and professor of medicine, participated in a multi-site landmark study finding cardiovascular disease morbidity is significantly reduced through intensive management of high blood pressure.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, or TAVR, is revolutionizing heart repair procedures in the way bypass and stents have done decades before.
Steven Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and health policy, received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effect of malpractice risk and financial incentives on cardiac testing, which will inform ongoing state malpractice reforms and federal…
William Borden, M.D., associate professor of medicine, was interviewed by Reuters to discuss why doctors may not agree with new guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association on prescribing cholesterol-lowing statin drugs.