Cardiology

Cynthia Tracy, MD, recently co-authored the 2019 Focused Update of the Guideline for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

Internal medicine resident Tran Nguyen, MD, spoke to the American Heart Association for an article about her new study, which indicates transgender men and women have a higher risk of heart attack. The study was also highlighted by Health Day and U.S. News & World Report.

George Washington University's Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, director of the newly established comprehensive pulmonary hypertension program, talks about the life-threatening condition in a Q&A.

Researchers from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences received more than $3.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the causes of cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients

Cynthia Tracy, MD, professor of medicine, spoke to Hearst TV for a segment about pacemakers and the potential for hacking these devices. The segment aired on WRTV (Indianapolis, Indiana).

William Borden, MD, associate professor of medicine and health policy, published commentary in the journal JAMA Cardiology calling for more accessible outcomes data for patients. 

Transgender individuals may be at higher risk for heart disease, according to a review article published by Michael S. Irwig, MD, associate professor of medicine, in Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders.

Andrew Choi, MD, assistant professor of medicine, spoke to TCTMD for an article about how physicians in cardiology and journals are using platforms like Twitter to keep up with the field of cardiology.

Ali Moghtaderi, PhD, assistant research professor of clinical research and leadership, spoke to STAT for an article about a recent GW study that found doctors' behavior when diagnosing heart attacks can be impacted by whether or not the state they are practicing in has enacted a law capping malpr

The findings of a landmark multicenter study on blood pressure management, in which GW participated, led to the development of new blood pressure guidelines released by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.