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A research study led by cancer specialists at MedStar Washington Hospital Center found that African-American women frequently present with biologically less favorable subtypes of breast cancer.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center geriatricians found that when medical care for frail elders with advanced illness shifts to the home, total Medicare costs were reduced by 17 percent during a two-year period. A new study published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) underscores the value of home-based primary care for America鈥檚 aging seniors.
It's a simple message: Call 9-1-1 at the first warning signs of a heart attack. Unfortunately, many still choose to either drive to the hospital, or wait to see if the symptoms disappear. New research from the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute reconfirms relying on emergency medical services helps heart attack patients avoid delays and expedite treatment.
Treatment combining chemotherapy with two drugs lengthens survival of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer by an average of nearly 16 months, according to a study led by Sandra M. Swain, MD, medical director, Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. The results from the CLEOPATRA trial were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A new study has found that a mobile app conceived at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center is allowing heart attack patients to be treated more quickly 鈥� some an average of 30 percent faster -- reducing potential heart damage.
Few hospitals around the world routinely use MRI first-line for acute stroke diagnosis because of treatment delay concerns. This is the first study to report that, by applying 鈥渓ean鈥� process interventions, it is feasible to use MRI before administering a life-saving drug to stroke patients within 60 minutes of hospital arrival.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center now offers Blue Light Cystoscopy with Cysview庐, a new, FDA-approved technology used to pinpoint bladder tumors in patients with known or suspected bladder cancer.
Nearly 50 percent of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy at some point in their treatment. Recent advances are making that experience faster, easier and better
Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) calcium remains a challenge for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Initial data suggest that self-expanding transcatheter heart valves (THV) confer a lower risk for these complications, but data on the performance of contemporary self-expanding THVs are lacking.
A multi-site, five-year study led by a MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute cardiologist and fellow researchers from across the country have demonstrated the benefits of routine genetic testing for patients with advanced disease from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a disease of the heart muscle and their at-risk family members.
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