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February 14, 2025
The heart’s chambers and valves work together to help pump oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. But for about 2.5% of people in the U.S., valvular heart disease can interrupt this balance and lead ...
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May 10, 2024
By Robert A. Lager, MD, Interventional Cardiology
Doctors have known for decades that a molecule called lipoprotein(a)—lipoprotein little a or Lp(a)—is closely related to the risk of having a heart attack or heart valve disease. This molecule runs i...
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April 11, 2024
MedStar Health Research Institute is planning research initiatives that could make childbirth and recovery safer in D.C. and beyond. Pregnancy puts a significant stress on the cardiovascular s...
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April 05, 2024
By Robert A. Lager, MD, Interventional Cardiology
One in four men in the U.S. die from a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While heart disease is a leading cause of death across...
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April 01, 2024
MedStar Health Research Institute’s study suggests a machine learning algorithm could help identify patients at risk of cardiovascular disease earlier in pregnancy, opening a window to intervene. &nb...
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February 26, 2024
By Kristen Miller, DrPH, MSPH, MSL, CPPS
Research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examines the problem of misdiagnosis of heart disease in women from multiple perspectives and develops solutions to make a difference...
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February 23, 2024
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a heart muscle disease that causes the heart to enlarge and the muscular walls of the heart to become thin and weak, so the heart cannot properly pump blood to the res...