Patient Care Harbor House Receives $77,317 in Donations to Support Home with a Heart By Leslie White Dec. 19, 2012 Harbor House, a home-away-from-home for out-of-town patients and families who come to University of Rochester Medical Center for heart failure or critical care, recently received $77,317 in donations ...
Research Predicting Risk of Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death: There’s a Computer Model for That By Emily Boynton Dec. 12, 2012 A computer model of the heart wall predicted risk of irregular heart rhythms and sudden cardiac death in patients, paving the way for the use of more complex cardiac models to calculate the ...
Research New Nuclear Imaging System at URMC Hastens Diagnosis of Heart Disease By Leslie White Nov. 13, 2012 Doctors can detect evidence of heart disease faster than ever before using new 3-D nuclear imaging technology at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center.
Research Small Change in Defibrillator Therapy Leads to Huge Benefits for Heart Patients By Emily Boynton Nov. 6, 2012 A new study shows that defibrillators – devices designed to detect and correct dangerous heart rhythms – can help people with heart disease live longer, and with a much better quality of life, than ...
Patient Care Allegany County Man Gets New Aortic Valve without Open Heart Surgery By Leslie White Oct. 16, 2012 A 91-year-old Belmont man was the first in the area to undergo a less invasive heart-valve replacement procedure at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The valve replacement technique is ...
Patient Care Southern Tier Woman Benefits from Less Invasive Heart Valve Replacement By Leslie White Oct. 9, 2012 A Painted Post woman is recovering after undergoing a less invasive heart-valve replacement procedure at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The valve replacement technique is meant for ...
Patient Care North Tonawanda Man Has Life-saving Heart Transplant in Rochester By Leslie White Sep. 17, 2012 North Tonawanda resident Rich Shepler, 30, is recovering at home after a life-saving heart transplant at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Education URMC Gala Celebrates 20 Years of Liver Transplants By Karin Gaffney Christensen Sep. 5, 2012 The event is set for Oct. 5 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. It will have a Bollywood theme and feature keynote speaker Priyanka Chopra, one of the most recognized and lauded talents in ...
Patient Care URMC Introduces Less Invasive Heart Valve Replacement to Region By Leslie White Aug. 21, 2012 Doctors at the University of Rochester Medical Center Heart and Vascular Center now offer a less invasive heart-valve replacement for seriously ill and inoperable patients who have run out of other ...
Patient Care Fighting an Uphill Paddle By URMC Communications Aug. 9, 2012 On Monday, Sept. 10, Steve Clough will cross two things off his bucket list. The first is to kayak the 32-mile round-trip length of Canandaigua Lake. The second is to give back to the hospital that ...
