Winter 2019 WashU Alumni Newsletter (pdf) (Links to an external site)
New Advanced Heart Failure Center Opens – This month, after more than five years of planning, the Washington University Heart Failure Center opens at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in west St. Louis County. The center is a collaborative effort between heart failurespecialists in the Cardiovascular Division and cardiologists in the BJC Medical Group, private cardiologists […]
Is Intermittent Fasting the Cure for Diabetes?
(CNN) Three men with Type 2 diabetes used “intermittent fasting” to reverse their dependence on insulin, according to a report published on [October 9th, 2018] — but you shouldn’t try it without medical supervision, experts say. The new case report says the three patients also lost weight, and their HbA1Cs, a measure of blood sugar […]
Summer 2018 WashU Alumni Newsletter (pdf) (Links to an external site)
Mitral Valve Repair & Replacement – At Washington University School of Medicine, interventional cardiologists are seeing a double-digit growth in the number of patientreferrals for evaluation and treatment of complex mitral valve regurgitation (MR).The growth comes as results of the latest participation in clinical trials evaluatingboth mitral valve repair and replacement devices are expected to […]
Lowering hospitals’ Medicare costs proves difficult
A payment system that provides financial incentives for hospitals that reduce health-care costs for Medicare patients did not lower costs as intended, according to a new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers assessed what is called a bundled-payment system, in which hospitals are assigned a target cost for […]
Scientists ID source of damaging inflammation after heart attack
Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart attack. The guilty party is a type of immune cell that tries to heal the injured heart but instead triggers inflammation that leads to even more damage. Further, the researchers have found that an already approved drug effectively […]
Study of smoking and genetics illuminates complexities of blood pressure
Analyzing the genetics and smoking habits of more than half a million people has shed new light on the complexities of controlling blood pressure, according to a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The research, published Feb. 15 in The American Journal of Human Genetics, stems from an […]
Winter 2018 WashU Alumni Newsletter (pdf) (Links to an external site)
Taking Cancer Survival to Heart – With a new director hired and a dedicated training pathwayestablished, the Cardiovascular Division is gearing up to expand its cardiooncologyprogram in a big way. This year, the Division will jumpstart a robust clinical trials program and will increase both staff and locations for subspecialty cardiooncology clinics.