MedStar Health News

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has awarded its highest quality ratings to MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Union Memorial Hospital for excellence in heart surgery outcomes. WASHINGTON ...

Technology allows cardiologists to preplan procedures using a 3D model of a patient’s heart. CLINTON, Md. — MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center is the first hospital in Maryland...

Emerging specialty brings specialized heart care for women with cardiovascular conditions before, during, and after pregnancy. OLNEY, Md — When a Montgomery County mother developed shortnes...

Renal denervation is a new minimally invasive treatment option available to patients now. CLINTON, Md.- After years of living with dangerously high blood pressure, despite taking approximately 15 pill...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy affects as many as one in 500 people. WASHINGTON – A new study is reshaping how doctors treat the most common cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people. H...

Patients and doctors speak from the heart about second chances following heart attacks. CLINTON, Md — Their stories are all different, but the outcomes are blissfully the same. Fifteen pati...