Maddox selected as American College of Cardiology trustee (Links to an external site)
Thomas M. Maddox, MD, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been selected to serve as a trustee of the American College of Cardiology, an international professional society for cardiovascular care providers. He will serve a three-year term on the board of trustees beginning in April.
Summer 2020 WashU Alumni Newsletter (pdf) (Links to an external site)
COVID Response Flexibility, Innovation & Best Practices Highlight Division Response – Even before the first confirmed COVID-19 case was identified in St Louis, teams of hospital and university personnel converged into emergency task forces to re-imagine how patient care would be delivered in the face of a rapidly spreading infectious disease. In the Cardiovascular Division, […]
$10 million in grants aimed at preventing organ rejection after transplantation (Links to an external site)
Transplant surgeons and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received two grants totaling $10 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how immune cells contribute to organ rejection, with the aim of improving the viability of organs after transplant.
Immune cells play surprising role in heart, mouse study suggests (Links to an external site)
New research in mice suggests that certain immune cells may help guide fetal development of the heart and play a role in how the adult heart beats, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Winter 2020 WashU Alumni Newsletter (pdf) (Links to an external site)
Impacting Health Policy to Improve Outcomes – Cardiologists at Washington UniversitySchool of Medicine are at the forefront of advocating and advancing evidence-basedhealth care policy. “We’re a bit of an anomaly here and also nationally,” says cardiologist Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH. “Most clinicians who focus on health policy and public health are generalists and not […]
High-protein diets boost artery-clogging plaque, mouse study shows (Links to an external site)
High-protein diets may help people lose weight and build muscle, but a new study in mice suggests they have a down side: They lead to more plaque in the arteries. Further, the new research shows that high-protein diets spur unstable plaque — the kind most prone to rupturing and causing blocked arteries. More plaque buildup in the arteries, particularly if it’s unstable, increases the risk of heart attack.
Heart pump devices associated with serious complications in some patients shortly after heart stent procedure (Links to an external site)
In critically ill patients who require a heart pump to support blood circulation as part of stent procedures, specific heart pumps have been associated with serious complications, according to a new study led by cardiologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.