New clues found to help protect heart from damage after heart attack
Studying mice, scientists have shown that boosting the activity of specific immune cells in the heart after a heart attack can protect against developing heart failure, an invariably fatal condition. Patients with heart failure tire easily and become breathless from everyday activities because the heart muscle has lost the ability to pump enough blood to […]
Summer 2019 WashU Alumni Newsletter (pdf) (Links to an external site)
A New Era Emerging in CCU Care – The Cardiovascular Division at Washington University School of Medicine has established a new Section of Critical Care Cardiology and is changing how it approaches the care of patients admitted to the coronary care unit. In addition, in collaboration with the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, […]
Safety-Net Hospitals Fare Better Under New Medicare Reimbursement Rules
New Medicare reimbursement rules provide some relief to safety-net hospitals, shifting the burden of financial penalties toward hospitals serving wealthier patient populations, according to a new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The new rules also reduce the burden of such penalties on hospitals in states that have more generous […]
Obese Mouse Mothers Trigger Heart Problems in Offspring
A diet high in fats and sugars is known for its unhealthy effects on the heart. Scientists now have found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet in mouse mothers before and during pregnancy causes problems in the hearts of their offspring, and that such problems are passed down at least three generations, even if the younger […]
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 […]