Featured Story Toward Better Treatment for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Her repeated encounters with fluid-overloaded patients gasping for breath led Kavita Sharma to specialize in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.
Winter 2016
News for Physicians from Johns Hopkins Medicine
Articles in this Issue
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When the Patient with Congenital Heart Disease Is Mom
Because congenital heart defects are spectrum disorders, the need for a tailored approach is that much more vital in women with heart defects.
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A Bloodless Tetralogy Repair
Recently, Johns Hopkins cardiac surgeons performed a totally blood-free tetralogy of Fallot repair in a 2-month-old, 6-kilogram infant.
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A Lower Risk Threshold for TAVR?
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has gained ground as the safer alternative for people at high operative risk.
