Houston Methodist

The basic science discoveries to which Helen E. Heslop, MD, DSc (Hon), has contributed place her firmly on the Mount Rushmore of pioneers in the field of gene and cell therapy.

In an observational study of participants from the MESA cohort, statin use was not associated with incident diabetes, researchers reported in The American Journal of Cardiology.

According to published results, an intraosseous infusion of antibiotics combined with morphine offered postoperative pain relief for up to 2 weeks in patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty.

MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute announced Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, has been named physician executive director and chairman of cardiac surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, effective Sep. 1, 2022.

Cumulative social disadvantages, indicated by higher score on a novel social determinants of health tool, were associated with increased odds for obesity, according to study results published in Obesity.

WASHINGTON — The 5-year rate of structural valve deterioration was lower in self-expanding valves for transcatheter aortic valve replacement than in surgical valves, researchers reported.

Adults with inflammatory bowel disease were more likely to have atherosclerotic CVD than those without it, according to study findings published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

The rate of premature acute MI was approximately halved from 1999 to 2019; however, this rate of change slowed in recent years, with higher rates observed among older individuals, men and Black adults, researchers reported.

Among older adults, three measures of adiposity conferred elevated risk for HF in patients with diabetes but not in those without diabetes, according to data published in Circulation.

CVD death in people younger than 65 years was elevated in U.S. counties with a high social vulnerability index, according to new data published in Circulation.