MedStar Health News

Leonardtown, Maryland  – Cardiac rehabilitation can reduce the potentially devastating effects of heart disease and improve the quality of life for patients and their families. D...

Frederico M. Asch, MD presented analysis from his late breaking clinical trial, COAPT. The echocardiography characteristics of the COAPT population, strengthens the need to identify a consistent bas...

Advanced Technology Offers Hope to Qualified Patients Needing Replacement  BALTIMORE— Dr. John Wang, chief of the cardiac catheterization lab, and his team at MedStar Union Memor...

We asked MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiologist Athanasios Thomaides, MD, FACC, to give us answers to the following common health questions he most often deals with as a cardiac ele...

The e-cigarette market has been on fire the past few years. With nearly 500 brands and 7,700 flavors of e-cigarettes on the market, according to the American Lung Association,...

Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Showed No Deaths or Disabling Strokes within 30 days of Undergoing Less Invasive Procedure