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Inflammation and the heart: A new approach to cardiovascular disease prevention

Brittany Weber, M.D., discusses the link between inflammation and heart disease and how UT Southwestern Medical Center’s new program helps identify cardiovascular risks sooner.

Protecting your heart health during and after breast cancer treatments

Breast cancer therapies can affect cardiovascular health. Learn how Cardio-Oncology and Women’s Heart Health programs support risk assessment, monitoring, and prevention before, during, and after treatment.

How using cigars, pipes, or smokeless tobacco can harm your heart

Cigarette alternatives raise your risk of a serious heart condition. Learn how a new study clarifies the cardiovascular effects from pipes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco.

Can I donate blood if I have cardiovascular disease?

Having a heart condition doesn’t necessarily exclude you from donating blood. UT Southwestern explains which heart patients can and can’t safely give blood.

Intravascular lithotripsy: Using sonic waves to break up plaque in heart arteries

New technology uses sound waves to unclog arteries and improve how stents work for coronary artery disease. Explore intravascular lithotripsy on the MedBlog.

Cardiac MRI for COVID-19 return-to-play is not ready for prime time

With many major college football conferences returning to play, researchers are studying whether cardiac MRI can help student-athletes safely get back in the game after COVID-19 infection. But MRI might not be the best tool for the job. Learn why.

After heart attack, this rare procedure can save patients from a hole in the heart

VSD, or ventricular septal defect, is a complication in 1/1,000 patients who don't get ER care for a heart attack – and 97% die within a year of suffering this complication. This procedure is the last chance to save their lives.