Cardiology in the News

 

Dr. Steven Bailey to receive Heroes for Heart award
Thursday, April 10, 2008 - Volume: XLI - Issue: 7
On Friday, April 11, the American Heart Association (AHA) will honor Steven Bailey, M.D., of the University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio, with the 2008 Heroes for Heart Award.
 

 

New medicine chairman plans to build on key areas
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - Volume: XLI - Issue: 4
L. David Hillis, M.D., the recently appointed chairman of the Department of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, assumed his duties in January.
 

Survivors dress smart for healthy heart at upcoming fashion show
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - News Release
These courageous survivors seek to teach other women, and the men in their lives, the importance of treating symptoms early and the hope provided by today’s treatments.
 

Hillis is new chair of medicine at UT Health Science Center
Monday, October 15, 2007 - News Release
L. David Hillis, M.D., a widely published and respected academic physician and administrator in Dallas, today was named chairman of the Department of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. William L. Henrich, M.D., M.A.C.P., dean of the School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the Health Science Center, announced the recruitment, which culminated an extensive national search.
 

UT Health Science Center has helped lead 30 years of interventional cardiology
Friday, October 12, 2007 - Volume: XL - Issue: 20
Thirty years ago, Andreas Gruentzig, M.D., performed the world’s first angioplasty, ushering in a new era of minimally invasive coronary intervention accomplished by catheters, balloons and tubes.
 

HSC faculty make mark at thoracic surgery conference
Friday, September 21, 2007 - Volume: XL - Issue: 19
Three faculty members of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio made special contributions to the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) annual meeting this year in Washington, D.C. The meeting attracted 1,800 cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons and those in other disciplines.
 

San Antonio partnership makes Top 50 Hospitals in 3 specialties
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - Volume:XXXIX - Issue: 27
For the seventh consecutive year, University Health System, one of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's primary teaching hospitals, has made a U.S. News & World Report list of the best U.S. hospitals. The magazine evaluated 5,189 U.S. hospitals as part of its 17th annual "America's Best Hospitals" study. Evaluators found University to be one of just 176 hospitals - or about 3 percent - to meet the rigorous criteria to be recognized as a Top 50 hospital in at least one of 16 key medical/surgical specialties.
 

HSC granted more than $500,000 from Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - Volume:XXXIX - Issue: 22
Earning more awards than any other health institution in the state, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio received six Advanced Research Program/Advanced Technology Program (ARP/ATP) awards last month from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
 

Governor Briscoe gives $2 million to cardiovascular research
Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - Volume:XXXIX - Issue: 6
The Honorable Dolph Briscoe Jr., governor of Texas from 1973 to 1979, is one of the legendary figures in Texas history. His vast ranch holdings in South Texas make him one of the state's largest landowners. But Governor Briscoe also has one of the largest hearts in Texas. His biggest fan was his wife, Janey, who died in 2000 of cardiovascular disease.
 

Simulator puts health providers in shoes of heart failure patients
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - Volume:XXXIX - Issue: 5
A heart failure educational simulator, the "Heart FX Pod," will be at the North Campus of the Health Science Center from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, and from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. The simulator will be in the parking lot in front of the Children's Cancer Research Institute, 8403 Floyd Curl Drive. The Health Science Center is providing space for the simulator as a service to the community's health professionals.

Study finds 17 cases of allergy to drug-eluting coronary stents
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue: 50
A small percentage of patients are allergic to the polymer on drug-eluting stents, and a handful have died from the reactions, according to an adverse-event records review initiated by cardiologists from the Health Science Center. The allergy risk to the vast majority of patients is small, the authors note.
 

Boston Scientific provides support for cardiology fellowship
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue - 43
The Health Science Center division of cardiology trains three interventional cardiology fellows each year - two focus on clinical care and one focuses on translational research in the Janey Briscoe Center for Cardiovascular Research. Historically, one of the fellowships has been funded by the University Health System and two by research grants from Steven R. Bailey, M.D., professor of medicine and radiology at the Health Science Center.
 

Cardiologist presents new cath lab procedures to Russian counterparts
Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue: 35
John M. Erikson, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine in the division of cardiology, this summer briefed colleagues in Russia about cutting-edge cardiac catheterization lab applications for an existing technology called transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
 

Bailey is one of first to perform new procedure in place of open-heart surgery
Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue: 22
Health Science Center professor of cardiology Steven R. Bailey, M.D., recently became one of the first doctors in the nation to use a percutaneous (through the skin) heart valve repair system to treat a patient with mitral valve regurgitation. The debilitating condition occurs when the mitral valve, which helps control the flow of blood through the heart, fails to close properly - allowing blood to leak backward.

Cardiology research fellow wins award for plaque imaging study
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue: 24
Mehmet Cilingiroglu, M.D., a two-year interventional fellow in the department of medicine's division of cardiology, has won a major award for his work to image plaque in arteries and predict heart attacks before they occur.
 

Dr. Hays recognized by the American Heart Association
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue: 22
Janet Hays, M.D., associate professor of medicine in the division of cardiology, has devoted several years to the clinical care and teaching of cardiac disease. Her extensive knowledge and expertise has earned her two state-level awards from the American Heart Association.
 

Boston Scientific SimSuite® visits HSC
Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue: 14
The Boston Scientific SimSuite® recently visited the Health Science Center, drawing faculty and staff to the full-sized bus that showcased a simulated patient with complex coronary disease. The simulation was developed in part by Steven Bailey, M.D., professor of cardiology in the School of Medicine. Those who came aboard the bus had the opportunity to perform an atherectomy on the mock patient.
 

'Localized heart attack' helps man get his 2nd wind
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
James A. Bernal, 45, once made the city of Schertz's streets and parks safer and more beautiful.
 

Mending hearts in Mongolia: HSC faculty and staff help children in need
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - Volume:XXXVIII - Issue: 11
Sixty-eight Mongolian children found to have congenital heart disease (CHD) may have a chance at a healthier life thanks to a cardiac specialist team, including Health Science Center faculty and staff, who recently traveled to Mongolia to provide free medical screening to children who had never received it before and additional training to health care providers.

Center meets needs of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Monday, December 6, 2004 - Volume: XXXVII - Issue: 49
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) might not be a household term, but mention the name Hank Gathers to sports fans and some will remember the promising young Loyola Marymount star who collapsed on the basketball court more than a decade ago and died at age 23. He was found to have HCM, a condition caused by abnormality of the genes that code for development of the heart muscle.
 

Study: Disease management gave heart failure patients more time
Monday, November 15, 2004 - Volume: XXXVII - Issue: 46
Patients with congestive heart failure who received disease management services, such as home visits and telephone calls from registered nurses, between trips to the doctor's office lived longer than patients who did not receive the services, reported Gregory Freeman, M.D., and Autumn Dawn Galbreath, M.D., at the American Heart Association Scientific Meetings Nov. 7 in New Orleans. Drs. Freeman and Galbreath are faculty members at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
 

Postdoctoral fellow receives first Outstanding Postdoctoral Applicant Award from the AHA
Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - Volume:XXXVII - Issue: 38
Lila P. LaGrange, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the department of physiology, received the Outstanding Postdoctoral Applicant Award for 2004 from the American Heart Association (AHA). The AHA is very proud to be able to support postdoctoral fellows, and it is noteworthy that Dr. LaGrange's grant was selected as the very best among all of the proposals submitted for postdoctoral funding, said Greg Freeman, M.D., professor in the department of medicine.
 

Asthma disease management study opens to Austin residents
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - Volume:XXXVII - Issue: 26
A four-year asthma disease management study at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is being expanded to include Travis and surrounding counties. The co-principal investigators from the Health Science Center include Gregory Freeman, M.D., professor of medicine. include Gregory Freeman, M.D., professor of medicine.

Faculty and fellow awarded grants from American Heart Association
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 - Volume:XXXVII - Issue: 25
Four faculty members, includuing atel, M.B.Ch.B., F.A.C.C., clinical assistant professor in the department of medicine, and a fellow from the Health Science Center have recently received grants from the American Heart Association Texas Affiliate program totaling $700,000 for their research related to cardiovascular function and disease.
 

114 from Health Science Center make list of Best Doctors®
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - Volume:XXXVII - Issue: 11
Dr. Scott Yang, a second-year fellow at the Janey Briscoe Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research at the Health Science Center, is one of two U.S. fellows to win a $25,000 research grant from The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
 

U.S. Rep. Bonilla announces $2.5 million for asthma
Thursday, February 19, 2004 - Volume:XXXVII - Issue: 8
A four-year asthma disease management study at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio got a major boost Feb. 19 as U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla visited the campus to announce an additional $2.5 million for the project. The co-principal investigators from the Health Science Center include Gregory Freeman, M.D., professor of medicine. include Gregory Freeman, M.D., professor of medicine.
 

Janey Briscoe Center fellow receives $25,000 grant
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - Volume:XXXVI - Issue: 37
More than 100 faculty physicians of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have been named by their peers to the 2004 Best Doctors® list.
 

Physicians see clot-filtering system at HSC
Thursday, September 11, 2003 - Volume:XXXVI - Issue: 35
The Boston Scientific SimSuite® visited the Health Science Center Aug. 14. Physicians from the Health Science Center and the community, including Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, president (left with Dr. Steven Bailey, professor of medicine in the division of cardiology), boarded the mobile educational suite to experience a new embolic protection system to treat saphenous vein graft disease.

Bonilla secures $2.8 million for UTHSC asthma study
Monday, February 24, 2003 - Volume:XXXV - Issue: 8
U.S. Congressman Henry Bonilla was honored Feb. 19 at the Health Science Center for his successful efforts to fund a major asthma disease management study soon to be launched at the UTHSC.
 

 

 

Patient receives artery-growing medicine injected through catheter
Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - Volume:XXXV - Issue: 44
Photo: Health Science Center/VA surgeons perform angiogenesis on a San Antonio man. The man received injections of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) in five different regions of coronary blockages during a standard cardiac catheterization.
A 58-year-old veteran from San Antonio with severe coronary artery disease no longer treatable by conventional procedures underwent a new procedure in September called angiogenesis that makes tiny vessels grow inside the heart muscle, increasing blood flow to the heart.
 

 

Navigating Nanosensors
The success of previous inventions at the Health Science Center paves the way for a new age in cardiovascular biomedical technology.
 

Biomedical Engineering: Of Mice and Medicine
Of Mice and Medicine: Physician's invention sheds new light on heart genes, heart drugs and even heart transplants.

Supplying Oxygen to the Heart
Today, Health Science Center investigators are studying a new process called "angiogenesis," and the goal is the development of healthy blood vessels to feed the heart.
 

 

Biomedical Engineering
Tissue Engineers: Researchers patent a miniature scaffold that helps regrow human vessels, cartilage and organs.
 

 

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A Health Science Center team beats the odds in the CICU
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