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May 14, 2025
Clinton, MD – Interventional cardiologist, Sonia Samtani, MD, and an all-female team of specialists, performed the region’s first drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty in April at MedStar ...
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February 01, 2023
Physicians encouraging patients to start the conversation at primary care visits COLUMBIA, Md. – To kick off American Heart Month, MedStar Health is releasing the results of its national s...
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January 27, 2023
WASHINGTON –– Renowned cardiothoracic surgeon Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, has been elected president of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons at the organization’s annual meeting on Janua...
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October 12, 2022
WASHINGTON – Keki R. Balsara, MD, MBA, has been appointed surgical director of Heart Failure and Transplantation at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute. Dr. Balsara, a renowned cardiothoracic...
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August 29, 2022
WASHINGTON — Melanie McCauley of Fort Washington, Md., first experienced angina, or chest pain, at a bowling tournament. The tightness and pain in her chest, nausea, and sweating became so inten...
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July 26, 2022
Only Nationally Ranked Heart Program in the Washington Region WASHINGTON – MedStar Washington Hospital Center has again achieved national ranking for Cardiology & Heart Surgery in the 2022-2...
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July 22, 2022
Patients with slow heart rhythm can benefit from new option Washington, DC, July 22, 2022 — The cardiac electrophysiology team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center successfully implanted the first du...
