Featured Story Johns Hopkins Appoints New Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Bret Mettler will serve as the new director of pediatric cardiac surgery and as co-director of the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center.
Cardiovascular Report Spring 2020
News for Physicians from Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Johns Hopkins Research Aims to Deter Inappropriate Vascular Surgeries
New studies led by Johns Hopkins surgeons and researchers show numerous examples of surgical overtreatment for a number of conditions.
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Innovations in the Johns Hopkins Heart Transplant Program
The program saw a record year in 2019, with a new system helping patients receive hearts sooner and greater use of implanted devices to temporarily support heart function.
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Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute Announces New Appointments
The Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute is pleased to welcome, clockwise from left, preventive cardiologist Stacey Schott, cardiologist Ari Cedars, cardiac surgeon Hamza Aziz, pediatric cardiac surgeon Danielle Gottlieb Sen, and cardiac surgeon Fayyaz Hashmi.
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Heart Failure Bridge Clinic Helps Patients Manage Disease and Reduces Hospital Readmissions
Nationally, over 20% of patients hospitalized for heart failure find themselves readmitted to a hospital within 30 days. For patients seen after hospital discharge at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Heart Failure Bridge Clinic, however, that readmission rate ranges between 9% and 12%, says medical director Nisha Gilotra.
