LVAD, medication therapy help patient’s heart recover full function
After receiving the LVAD, Bowling underwent rigorous efforts at optimization of her medications and LVAD, and those efforts started showing promises of heart recovery. Bowling returned to the catheterization lab for the iCPET procedure — one of the first patients to undergo such a test at Vanderbilt.
Study points to new ways to prevent, treat heart disease
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have confirmed the existence of an alternative pathway to atherosclerosis, a finding that may lead to new ways to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease.
2022 another strong year for Vanderbilt Transplant Center
The Vanderbilt Transplant Center has emerged over the past five years as an international leader in solid organ transplantation. In calendar year 2022 alone, 625 life-saving heart, liver, kidney, lung and pancreas transplants were performed.
Study sheds new light on hormone therapy as menopause treatment
Hormone replacement therapy (HT) was widely used to treat menopause symptoms as recently as 20 years ago, but its use declined significantly in the last two decades because research showed it increased cardiovascular risks.
Research network yields significant findings related to obesity
In 2017, Vanderbilt University Medical Center was selected to be one of four U.S. medical centers in a Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) on Obesity funded by a four-year, $15 million award from the American Heart Association to study obesity and train future obesity-focused investigators.
Team’s imaging strategy enhances lipedema treatment
A unique collaboration between imaging science, vascular medicine and rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of lipedema, a debilitating, abnormal deposition of fatty tissue that afflicts an estimated 17 million women in the United States.
A new view of a cholesterol carrier
High density lipoprotein (HDL) is often referred to as “good cholesterol.” However, cholesterol is just one of many types of cargo HDL can carry. In addition to shuttling cholesterol from blood to the liver, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) can also transport proteins, metabolites and small RNAs (sRNA).
New pager system alerts for pulmonary embolism emergencies
Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH) has implemented a new emergency pager system for pulmonary embolism emergencies to expedite patient care.
Stewart speaks on advocacy, medicine’s role in society
Comedian, talk show host and advocate Jon Stewart spoke last week to a crowd of Vanderbilt and Meharry medical students, nursing students, faculty and staff about his approach to advocacy and how those in the medical community can find their own place alongside those supporting a cause. The event was part of the Flexner Deans’ Lecture Series at Vanderbilt University.