Study finds increase in Heart Failure hospitalizations immediately following major holidays. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. These events are filled with family, friends and lots of delicious food and drink. However according to a study published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure, these events are also associated with an increase in heart related hospitalizations – primarily…
Heart Failure is a chronic and progressive disease, but for patients who are willing to work closely with healthcare providers and manage their diet and exercise there can be improvement in heart function and quality of life. The Cardiovascular Institute developed a Heart Failure Clinic in the Fall of 2014 with the primary goal of…
Patients today are fortunate to have an increasing amount of public data available to them about hospitals and healthcare providers in order to make the most informed decision on where and from whom to receive care. In June 2015, several sources published data regarding outcomes and charges for hospital care. Here at the Cardiovascular Institute,…
Each year, more than one million cardiac caths (catheterizations) are performed in the United States and more than 90 percent go through the groin to gain access to the arteries that lead to the heart (transfemoral access). However, cardiologists at the Cardiovascular Institute are increasing the number of procedures performed through the wrist (or transradial…
