Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, M.D., MPH, EMS medical director of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine is passionate about her… Read more
Category: heart attack
UPMC Cardiologist, Team Successfully Treat Rare Anatomical Defect, Massive Heart Attack
Jerome Twyman likes things on his own terms. A heart attack was never in his plans. Life has a way of throwing even the most… Read more
Education Linked to Heart Health Decades Later, Pitt Study Finds
Formal education typically occurs in early life, and yet its ramification for cardiovascular health may last for decades, according to a study by University of… Read more
When a Life Hangs in the Balance, Minutes Matter
Most people who’ve suffered cardiac arrest wouldn’t consider themselves lucky. In many ways, though, Greg Woodman was. This summer, Greg traveled from State College to… Read more
UPMC Offers Experimental Treatment for Heart Arrhythmia
Millions of Americans suffer from arrhythmia, a condition caused when the heart fails to contract – or beat – at the correct timing. Now, experts… Read more