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The Stitch

Aortic dissection: a rare but deadly heart emergency

February 26, 2025 Aortic dissection,  cardiovascular,  Heart,  Heart month

Dr. Anna Xue and Dr. Gustavo Oderich discuss a life-threatening condition that affects the cardiovascular system: aortic dissection.

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The Stitch

All about heart surgery

February 21, 2024 Anesthesia,  Heart month,  Heart Surgery,  ICU,  recovery

February is Heart Month. Gilda Martinez offers a general overview of what to expect before, during and after heart surgery.

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The Stitch

7 Tips for a healthy heart from a heart surgeon

February 14, 2024 healthy heart,  Heart month,  smoking

Dr. Lauren Barron, Baylor Medicine heart surgeon, shares seven tips for keeping your heart healthy during Heart Month.

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From The Labs

Not committed to fail: novel approach improves heart failure outcomes in animal model

February 8, 2024 ERR agonists,  estrogen-related receptors,  heart failure,  heart hypertrophy,  heart metabolism,  Heart month,  Research

The findings have encouraged the researchers to pursue clinical trials to determine the value of this novel approach to extend survival in people with hypertrophy of the heart.

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The Stitch

Understanding your blood pressure numbers

February 2, 2022 Blood pressure,  Heart month,  Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Dr. Ourania Preventza shares how to better understand your blood pressure numbers and how they may change over time.

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Momentum

When do you need to start seeing a cardiologist?

February 1, 2022 cardiology,  Heart month,  Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Dr. Salim Virani kicks off Heart Month with advice on when and how to speak to your doctor about your heart.

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From The Labs

It’s Heart Month!

February 27, 2020 cardiac fibroblasts,  Cardiac regeneration,  heart failure,  Heart month,  heartbeat,  Research

From the Labs wraps up Heart Month highlighting a selection of posts about heart-related research at Baylor. The following articles posted in 2019 reveal novel

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From The Labs

Research that celebrates Heart Month

February 14, 2019 antibioics,  atrial fibrilation,  ciprofloxacin,  Heart Health,  Heart month,  heart regeneration,  Hippo,  inflammasome,  p63,  Research

From the Labs celebrates Heart Month and Valentine’s Day with a selection of posts about the heart. We feature research findings that have resulted in

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Momentum

Patient with genetic cholesterol disorder has new outlook after clinical trial

February 19, 2018 American Heart Month,  cardiology,  Dr. Christie Ballantyne,  Graciela Gutierrez,  Heart Health,  Heart month

Terry Lim was enjoying her life, traveling and staying active. However, she was living with a silent illness that kept her future in question. It

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From The Labs

Image of the Month: Celebrating the Human Heart

February 2, 2018 DAG1,  Gata4,  healing the heart,  Heart month,  sex differences in heart disease,  YAP

From the Labs joins the celebration of Heart Month by presenting posts related to groundbreaking basic research on human heart regeneration: Tapping on the healing

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Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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