UCSD Cardiovascular Team Honored with AHA Gold
UC San Diego Health System is one of only 167 hospitals nationwide to receive the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG (Get with the Guidelines) Gold Performance...
View ArticleUC San Diego Health System: Saving Time, Saving Lives
Lifesaving cardiac treatment time exceeds national guidelines Over the last year, UC San Diego Health System managed to significantly decrease average door-to-balloon time, beating national guidelines...
View ArticleBiologists Use Flies and Mice to Get to the Heart of Down Syndrome
A novel study involving fruit flies and mice has allowed biologists to identify two critical genes responsible for congenital heart defects in individuals with Down syndrome, a major cause of infant...
View ArticleMatters of the Heart: A Q&A with Ehtisham Mahmud
News Feature from the UC San Diego Health System Newsroom Matters of the Heart: A Q&A with Ehtisham Mahmud A profile of Dr. Ehtisham Mahmud Professor and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine...
View ArticleInjectable Gel Could Repair Tissue Damaged by Heart Attack
University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks. The study by Karen...
View ArticleUC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center Named One of Nation’s Top Heart...
UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center has been named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics. The Truven study examined the performance of more than 1,000...
View ArticleFate of the Heart: Researchers Track Cellular Events Leading to Cardiac...
Studies in zebrafish reveal abundant potential source for repair of injured heart muscle In a study published in the June 19 online edition of the journal Nature, a scientific team led by researchers...
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