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Overhaul Needed for Heart Attack Patient Care? (ABC 11)
Manesh Patel, M.D., assistant professor of cardiology, discussed Duke research suggesting that hospital readmission rates for heart attack patients are higher in the U.S. than in other nations. "We've done very good at getting patients aware of chest pain and to come in and get their heart reopened," Patel said. "But how good are we at telling them this is a life-changing event?"
Posted 1 year ago
Replacing Heart Valves Without Open-Heart Surgery (WRAL)
This story is about a new clinical trial, at Duke that is testing a way to replace heart valves without the risks of surgery. Kevin Harrison, M.D., professor of medicine in cardiology, said: "The old valve is simply pushed out of the way, and it leaves this valve in its place."
Posted 2 years ago
NC Teens Bond Over Heart Transplants (WRAL)
About 111,000 people are waiting for a matching organ donor in the U.S., and many of them are children born with heart defects, waiting for a new heart. One Asheville girl on the transplant list wasn't sure she wanted to go through with it until she met a new friend who changed her mind.Posted 2 years ago
Duke Heart Center: Heart Attacks
Duke Heart Center designed a program to provide earlier care for heart attack patients that has saved many lives in North Carolina.For more information, visit http://www.dukehealth.org/heart
Published 2 years ago
Statewide Program Racing to Save Lives
This story highlights a statewide program called RACE-ER designed to speed up heart attack care and includes comments from James Jollis, M.D., a cardiologist and co-director of the program. "When we first started doing this we realized that EMS didn't have enough resources, Emergency Medical Services didn't have enough resources, so we really aimed this whole program at helping Emergency Medical Services to work better."
Posted 2 years ago
Dr. Redford Williams: Anger is Bad for the Heart (ABC News)
Duke doctor Redford Williams tells ABC News habitual anger is on par with smoking in terms of risk for heart disease and stroke.Posted 2 years ago
Duke Medicine - Extraordinary Heart Care
What does it take to be considered one of the best heart centers in the world? (commercial)Learn more about Duke Heart Center at http://www.dukehealth.org/Services/Heart
Published 5 years ago
