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October 19, 2026
Many patients with blocked arteries are anxious about getting permanent stents. We’re leading clinical trials—backed by two decades of research—for a temporary device made of magnesium that vanishes ...
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May 12, 2017If you think you’re too young to have a stroke, think again. A study published in April 2017 showed that the rate of stroke among young people has risen dramatically in the past 15 years. ...
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May 09, 2017
By MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Team
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.While heart attacks and strokes get much of the attention when it comes to heart-related conditions, there is a...
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April 18, 2017Tune in to the full podcast with Dr. Susan O’Donoghue. LISTEN NOW! A relatively new sub-specialty of cardiology is helping people with a family history of certain serious heart p...
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March 28, 2017We care for about 3,500 pregnant women every year. While that number has remained fairly steady over the past decade, the number of those women with high-risk pregnancies increases every year. Becau...
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March 23, 2017As recently as 15 years ago, if you had severe aortic stenosis but were considered too ill or weak to survive surgery, there was little else we could do for you. Since then, transcatheter aortic val...
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March 14, 2017Atrial Fibrillation Facts Atrial fibrillation (A-fib) is the most common arrhythmia—or abnormal heart rhythm—in the United States today, affecting between 2.7 and 6 million adults. Why such a wide ran...
