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AI tool helps identify heart failure risk in diabetes patients
Machine learning model predicts high-risk diabetic cardiomyopathy, revealing potential for targeted prevention
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Addressing Lifestyle Patterns Among South Asian Individuals in the US
Addressing lifestyle patterns among South Asians in the U.S. is vital due to their elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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0.35-mm Lead-Equivalent Aprons Provide Similar Radiation Protection to Interventionalists Compared With 0.5-mm Lead-Equivalent Aprons During Fluoroscopically Guided Interventions
UT Southwestern's Vascular Surgery team discovers how different lead equivalent apron vests perform in protecting interventionalists from radiation during fluoroscopically guided interventions. This study evaluates the effectiveness of 0.35 mm and 0.5 mm lead-equivalent aprons, providing insights into their impact on safety in clinical and simulated settings.
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Leadless dual-chamber pacemaker is a leap forward for heart patients
About 3 million people in the U.S. live with a pacemaker, a battery-powered device implanted in the chest to help the heart beat at its proper rate. Each year, about 200,000 devices are implanted in the U.S. for patients who have bradycardia (slow heartbeat) or abnormal heart rhythms.
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SELECTing Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease — Obesity in the Spotlight
Amit Khera, M.D., Director of UT Southwestern’s Preventive Cardiology Program, co-authored a widely circulated editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine that captured the impact of the SELECT trial, which made headlines in November at the annual AHA Scientific Sessions conference.
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UTSW studies the tip-in and rendezvous techniques in retrograde chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions
Interventional cardiologist Salman Allana, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, is a first author on a scientific research paper published in EuroIntervention, the official journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI).
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Standing blood pressure test more accurate in detecting hypertension
Measurements more reliable than those taken while patients are sitting, UT Southwestern researchers find
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Cardio-Oncology Program Recognized as Global Center of Excellence
The program was one of few in the world to be recognized with the highest distinction in 2022 by the International Cardio-Oncology Society.
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UTSW Study Finds Blood Pressure Rose During the Pandemic
Moderate rises seen among people monitoring blood pressure, greater rises possible in general population
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In-Depth and Fresh Look at Heart Failure Clinical Trials
At #AHA22, I co-chaired a Featured Science session with Alanna Morris, M.D., M.Sc., from Emory University. Principal investigators of several, recently published pivotal clinical trials in heart failure presented their findings of pre-specified, secondary analyses.
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Brady- and Tachyarrhythmias Following Heart Transplantation: Significance and Management Strategies
It was my pleasure to participate in the cardiovascular seminar “Arrhythmias and Heart Failure: Breaking the Vicious Cycle” at #AHA22. Within context of the seminar’s focus on the management of arrhythmias in patients with heart failure, my lecture addressed the clinical significance and management of arrhythmias in patients who have received a heart transplant.
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Diagnostic Delays in Patients with MI from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an important but under-recognized cause of acute coronary syndromes, particularly among young women without traditional cardiovascular risk factors.