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Innovative robotic heart surgery offers patients superior care
UC Davis Medical Center is one of only six centers in U.S. to be designated as a training center for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Foundation’s Cardiac Surgical Robotics Program. Less-invasive robotic procedures can allow for faster recovery.
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Obesity and age at menopause affect women’s heart failure risk
A new UC Davis Health study finds that obesity and the age at which women enter menopause may have significant impacts on their heart failure risk.
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Heart team performs first transfemoral transseptal mitral valve replacement procedure
UC Davis Health has become the first hospital on the West Coast to perform a transfemoral transsepetal mitral valve replacement procedure.
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California’s stem cell agency funds research into bioprint pacemaker
UC Davis Health professor Deborah Lieu granted CIRM funding to develop a bio-pacemaker by bioprinting hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts.
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New abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance program saves patient's life
UC Davis Health vascular surgery's new abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance program has helped to identify multiple patients who have received life-saving surgical procedures.
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UC Davis doctor first in the world to implant a retrievable leadless pacemaker in a child
The retrievable pacemaker was implanted via internal jugular vein in the Cardiac CathLab and has no leads. Instead, the heart absorbs it.
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Cardiac surgery chief delivered presidential address at international conference
Dr. Bob Kiaii, chief of the Division of Adult Cardiac Surgery at UC Davis Health, delivered his presidential address at the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery’s (ISMICS) 2022 Annual Scientific Meetings.
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Female and male hearts respond differently to stress hormone in mouse study
A new study by UC Davis researchers published in Science Advances concludes that female and male hearts respond differently to noradrenaline.
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Advances in heart failure take center stage at cardiovascular summit
Cardiovascular experts from UC Davis Health presented new research and clinical findings at the 2022 Heart Failure Summit this past fall.
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Preventing hospital readmissions following TAVR procedures
UC Davis Division of Cardiovascular Medicine researchers examined intermediate and high-risk patients undergoing TAVR between 2012 and 2018 and found causes for why some patients are more prone to rehospitalization following procedures.
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A Precision Medicine Approach to a Common Type of Heart Failure
We all know that fatty foods are linked to blocked arteries and a higher risk for heart disease, but why or how the food becomes toxic has remained a mystery, until now.
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Elective Mitral Valve Repair: A Patient's Journey
After discovering that her heart was failing, Napa resident Rupa Jack had big choices to make.