Winter 2023 WashU Alumni Newsletter (pdf) (Links to an external site)
Echocardiography Advancing Multiple Subspecialties. In the Cardiac Diagnostic Laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, interventional echocardiography has become a routine practice in the rapidly evolving fields of mitral valve and tricuspid valve replacement.
Putting Radiation to the Test to Heal Irregular Heartbeat (Links to an external site)
Doctors are zapping the heart with radiation normally reserved for cancer, a bid to better treat people with life-threatening irregular heartbeats who’ve exhausted other options.
While it’s highly experimental, surprising early research suggests it may reprogram misfiring heart cells to control heartbeats more like younger, healthier cells do.
“It may actually rejuvenate sick tissue, and that’s pretty exciting,” said Dr. Stacey Rentschler of Washington University in St. Louis.
Center for Cardiovascular Research Spotlight: Diwan Lab
The Diwan Lab, in the Center for Cardiovascular Research, is dedicated to the study of lysosomes, and seeks to understand how these cell parts can be targeted by therapies to treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and more. Lysosomes are organelles, parts within cells that serve several biological functions. The Diwan Lab has […]
Dr. Anubha Agarwal Speaks at NIH Fogarty International Center LAUNCH Program Anniversary
On April 13th, the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health celebrated 20 years of their Global Health fellows and scholars program, LAUNCH. Dr. Anubha Agarwal of the Washington University Cardiovascular Division was invited to speak on a panel of alumni of the program. According to the NIH website, “The mission of the […]
Cardiovascular Faculty Members Inducted into ASCI and AAP
Over the weekend, four Washington University School of Medicine Cardiovascular Division faculty were honored at induction ceremonies for professional associations.
Cardiovascular Care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Recognized for Excellence
BJC hospitals, service organizations and medical practices earned a total of 171 PRC Excellence in Healthcare Awards in 2023, an increase of 20 over last year. Fifteen teams earned Top Performer awards, including the Cardiovascular Procedure Center and HCI, or Heart Care Institute.
Small proteins in heart play big role (Links to an external site)
Jonathan Silva, the Dennis & Barbara Kessler Career Development Associate Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, and Jeanne Nerbonne, Alumni Endowed Professor of Molecular Biology & Pharmacology in Medicine and Developmental Biology at the School of Medicine, and their labs found distinct effects of novel proteins, known as intracellular fibroblast growth factors (iFGF), on the regulation of the kinetics of cardiac sodium channel gating. Their results were published in the Journal of General Physiology March 21.