CLEVELAND – A new, robotic approach to heart bypass surgery is now being offered to patients at University Hospitals (UH) with great success. Two UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute providers, Dr. Kelsey Gray and Dr. Pablo Ruda Vega, are currently the only surgeons in Ohio performing this specific type […]
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New Study Confirms HeartFlow FFRCT Leads to Improved Patient Outcomes
CLEVELAND – A diagnostic test, first offered in the United States at University Hospitals (UH) Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, has now shown through a clinical study to significantly decrease cardiovascular mortality, reduce additional non-invasive heart testing, and increase cath lab efficiency. These results show a promising, new approach that […]
Cleveland Researchers Reveal How Oxygen is Delivered to Tissues, Open Door to New Class of Drugs
Newfound clarity on the longstanding “medical mystery” may lead to new line of drugs for oxygen delivery disorders, including peripheral artery disease, sickle cell disease, heart failure, and others CLEVELAND—Cardiovascular medicine, hematology and pulmonary medicine may soon have the first-ever therapies to correct poor tissue oxygenation, a key driver of […]
University Hospitals Completes First Evolut™ PRO+ Case in the World
UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute continues reputation as global leader in TAVR CLEVELAND — Physicians at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center completed the first procedure in the world using Medtronic’s new Evolut™ PRO+ TAVR System. Guilherme Attizzani, MD, Director, Valve and Structural Heart Disease Center, and Cristian Baeza, […]
University Hospitals Designs the Cardiovascular Center of the Future
The Center for Advanced Heart & Vascular Care will transform patient care CLEVELAND — Leaders within University Hospitals and the Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute had a vision to provide the most advanced, efficient and cost-effective medical care to patients with heart and vascular disease. The opening of the […]