Our researchers and other UT colleagues patented a high-tech pacemaker that measures cardiac performance and signals early warning of heart problems.
Dr. Julio Palmaz, who invented the world's first stent at UT Health San Antonio, is honored at the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
UT Health San Antonio conducts studies involving use of medical devices, gene therapy and echocardiography (ultrasound waves) to improve diagnosis and treatment, and to minimize the incidence of heart attack and heart failure.
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Additional highlights
Dr. Anand Prasad is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Dr. Anand Prasad, MD, Freeman Heart Associate Professorship in Cardiovascular Disease, co-investigator of the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort Study, publised research findings to better understand the prevaence, predictors, and outcomes related to subclinical peripheral arterial disease in Mexican Americans.
Ivanhoe: Deep breath hold protects the heart
A specialized method of deep breathing is keeping some breast cancer patients from getting unintended doses of radiation to the heart.
Noted heart failure expert to join UT Health San Antonio
UT Health San Antonio has recruited Allen S. Anderson, M.D., FACC, FAHA, to direct and expand the university's many intitiatives in cardiology and cardiovascular disease education and research.