What are the symptoms of a heart attack?
Published Wed 2/12/20
Recognizing the symptoms, causes, treatments and prevention for heart attacks can give you the information you need to act quickly for medical care and could save your life or the life of a loved one.
Physician ensures that 103-year-old patient gets needed heart procedure
Published Wed 9/28/22
Beatrice Lumpkin's shortness of breath may have been overlooked. But thanks to her physician, the 103-year-old received the heart procedure she needed.
New bioprosthetic venous valve offers hope for patients suffering from chronic venous insufficiency
Published Thu 12/8/22
University of Chicago Medicine researchers are participating in a clinical trial on whether implanting a bioprosthetic valve in the femoral vein is a safe and effective treatment for patients with severe chronic venous insufficiency.
UChicago Medicine performs 66 heart transplants in 2022, sets new state record for 2nd consecutive year
Published Fri 12/30/22
With the successful completion of back-to-back Christmas heart transplants, the University of Chicago Medicine set a new organ transplantation record for the state of Illinois, surpassing its own previous high-water mark for heart transplants.
Unexplained chest pain? A common condition called INOCA could be the cause
Published Sat 12/17/22
Interventionist John Blair, MD, explains that INOCA is rarely life-threatening, but can be disabling for patients, and the right diagnostic tools and treatment plans can lead to much better outcomes.
UChicago Medicine transplant team performs health system’s historic first DCD heart transplant
Published Sat 12/17/22
UChicago Medicine's Heart Transplant team performed the health system’s first DCD heart transplant with a heart donated after circulatory death, a technique that may help patients get transplanted faster.
Study suggests ways to block hypertension in those with sleep apnea
Published Tue 8/16/16
Researchers describe the series of signals that lead to hypertension from sleep apnea, and suggest ways to prevent elevated blood pressure.
Technique shows dramatic results when treating pulmonary emboli
Published Mon 1/11/16
Rather than treating a high-risk patient with IV heparin and time, the UChicago team is using the EKOS EkoSonic Endovascular System that couples direct drug delivery with ultrasound waves, effectively "softening" the clot.
Connective tissue disease increases risk for cardiovascular problems
Published Thu 2/4/16
A study based on medical records from more than a quarter million adult patients found that African-American patients with connective tissue diseases were twice as likely as white patients to suffer from narrowed or atherosclerotic blood vessels.
Out of Sync: How genetic variation can disrupt the heart's rhythm
Published Thu 9/1/16
New research from the University of Chicago shows how deficits in a specific pathway of genes can lead to the development of atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat, which poses a significant health risk.