Tag: heart

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again honored UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital with its highest awards for heart failure, stroke and resuscitation care. ...

UR Medicine cardiologist John D. Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D., has been elected president of the American Society of Hypertension, an organization of physicians and scientists dedicated to advancing ...

Scientists have identified a gene that is crucial for anesthetic preconditioning, a process used in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to protect a patient’s heart while it is stopped and ...

Phase 2 of the Golisano Children’s Hospital will include a Pediatric Operating Suite and PICU, giving surgeons an optimal space to practice, and students an exceptional classroom for learning.

Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network event April 29 at UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital left few dry eyes in the house.

Mike Burke and his wife, Becky, are raising a toddler with a sense of relief and optimism that didn’t exist just two years ago. Faced with life-threatening heart disease, UR Medicine Heart and ...

UR Medicine Heart and Vascular recently performed its 200th transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a life-saving procedure for seriously ill, aging adults with faulty heart valves. The high-tech ...

If you need another reason to put produce on your plate, a new study shows that eating more fruit may reduce your risk of major heart disease. UR Medicine nutrition expert Dr. Thomas Campbell ...

The Rochester River Run/Walk 5K—scheduled for Sunday, April 17 at Genesee Valley Park—is raising funds in support of patients who are awaiting or recovering from organ transplant surgery at Strong ...

Long QT syndrome type 3 (LQT3) is a rare heart rhythm disorder that causes young people to die suddenly. New research on the disorder will help physicians specifically tailor treatment for each ...