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UVA Health One of First in U.S. to Implant Extravascular ICD

UVA Health Pioneers New Implantable Defibrillator Treating Abnormal Heart Rhythms

UVA Health is one of the first health centers in the U.S. to implant an FDA-approved extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

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Craig Kent, MD, and Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, Target Prevention of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - Research - Medicine in Motion News

Craig Kent, MD, and Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, Target Prevention of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

A new $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support research led by Craig Kent, MD, and Lian-Wang Guo, PhD, in their efforts to tackle the prevention of abdominal aortic aneurysms — a potentially fatal condition affecting t...

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Artificial Intelligence Tool to Improve Heart Failure Care

Artificial Intelligence Tool to Improve Heart Failure Care

The tool harnesses machine learning and artificial intelligence to determine a patient's risk of unfavorable heart failure outcomes.

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New Advance Against a Form of Heart Failure Prevalent in Men

New Advance Against a Form of Heart Failure Prevalent in Men

UVA Health researchers have discovered a gene on the Y chromosome that contributes to the greater incidence of heart failure in men.

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UVA Health Electrophysiology Team Performs First Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Virginia - Medicine in Motion News

UVA Health Electrophysiology Team Performs First Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Virginia

UVA Health electrophysiology team, led by Pamela Mason, MD, with the support of cardiac surgery and cardiac anesthesia, recently performed the first extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in Virginia. The Medtronic Extravascular I...

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