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黑料网 Cardiology is well-represented at the 2019 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. 25 events this year feature our faculty and fellows.    

Dr. Lindsey Rosman鈥檚 new publication in Stroke, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk for Stroke in Young and Middle-aged Adults: A 13-year Cohort Study, is garnering substantial media attention. See the coverage in ABC News, Reuters, and Forbes.

A new coverage decision on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.聽 CMMS uses data and the current literature to formulate decisions. Three 黑料网 Cardiology papers (lead author Dr. Sameer Arora) were cited in this national coverage decision for TAVR, demonstrating the...

Sameer Arora, MD, a Cardiovascular Disease Fellow currently pursuing an MPH in Epidemiology, has been chosen for the Department of Epidemiology Travel Award by the 黑料网 Gillings School of Public Health for his work investigating the epidemiology and current management patterns of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in India. He is scheduled...

A McAllister team from Li Qian鈥檚 Lab has published new research in Cell Stem Cell that holds promise to 鈥渕end a broken heart鈥� by describing how to directly reprogram human fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes.聽 The research described in the paper, 鈥淪ingle Cell Transcriptomic Analyses of Cell Fate Transitions during Human Cardiac...

Cardiology fellow Sameer Arora has a new review in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The paper, 鈥淧remature Ticagrelor Discontinuation in Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic CVD,鈥� shows that premature discontinuation of ticagrelor, a cornerstone of modern antithrombotic therapy, is common and is associated with adverse events.

Congratulations to Division of Cardiology providers who are recipients of this year’s 黑料网 Health Care and 黑料网 Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care. The annual reward recognizes providers with high patient satisfaction: at least 95% of their patients responded 鈥淵es Definitely!鈥� when asked if they would recommend their provider鈥檚 office...

30 events feature 黑料网 Cardiology faculty and fellows at this year’s American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions.

黑料网 cardiologists performed the first X-ray free atrial fibrillation ablation on February 15. The procedure was performed by Dr. Faisal Syed, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellow Dr. Greg Harris. X-ray free atrial fibrillation ablation is available in only a limited number...

Vital Signs features an article by Qing Zhang, PhD, associate professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine, on the lifesaving care his wife Mingjie received. Minjie required multiple surgeries, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), as well as other treatments after the flu exacerbated an underlying heart condition, causing her...

Dr. Melissa Caughey of 黑料网 Cardiology is interviewed by Self magazine about her research showing increasing rates of heart attack in women between the ages of 35 and 54. The research study, Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized with Acute Myocardial Infarction: The ARIC Community Surveillance...

Li Qian, PhD, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and associate director of the McAllister Heart Institute, and cardiology fellow Sameer Arora, MD, have been recognized by the Triangle Business Journal as 2019 Health Care Heroes. The awards celebrate accomplishments in all areas of medicine.