A 2018 change in the policy to allocate hearts for transplantation appears to have come with a trade-off, UPMC physicians reveal today in a new… Read more
Tag: heart failure
Sepsis Causes High Readmission Rates
A University of Pittsburgh and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that sepsis trumps the… Read more
Pitt Physicians Study Patients with 2 Commonly Occurring Heart Conditions
Atrial fibrillation (or atrial flutter) and heart failure are two cardiovascular epidemics of industrialized nations that frequently co-exist. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh led… Read more
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Adds Two New Physicians
One of the world’s premier centers for comprehensive cardiac care, the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute recently added two new physicians who will aid in… Read more