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In a field that relies heavily on studies of male patients, Columbia interventional cardiologist Margaret McEntegart is working to improve outcomes for women with heart disease.
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High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can go undetected and lead to death.
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A Columbia cardiologist explains everything you want to know about your heart and how to keep it healthy.
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Columbia surgeons performed the first pediatric total artificial heart surgery in the Northeast.
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- September 21, 2017
Macrophages can eat up to 70 dead cells a day, preventing atherosclerosis. A new CUIMC study finds that mitochondria play a critical role in the process.
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- September 11, 2017
Sitting around for one to two hours at a time without moving increases the risk of death, finds a new study.
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The New York TimesAugust 28, 2017 - August 23, 2017
Higher up-front costs for intensive blood pressure control are outweighed by long-term cardiac benefits, shows study.
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- August 15, 2017
A new clinical trial will determine if the drug apixaban can prevent recurrent strokes in people with atrial cardiopathy.
- August 1, 2017
Aspirin does not increase the risk of hospitalization or death in patients taking ACE inhibitors or ARBs for heart failure, Columbia researchers have found.
- August 1, 2017
Using a noninvasive test developed at Columbia, older TAVR patients with an unusual heart failure pattern were found to have cardiac amyloidosis.
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- May 1, 2017
Smoking counteracts the effect of a gene that normally protects against heart disease, according to a new study.
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- March 6, 2017
Columbia University names cardiology researchers Muredach P. Reilly and Marwah Abdalla 2017 Marjorie and Lewis Katz Scholars.
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- March 1, 2017
Researchers have found that only 16 percent of heart attack survivors get the recommended amount of physical activity in the weeks after hospitalization.
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