Newly Diagnosed with a Blood Clot? What You Need to Know
Anxiety is normal, clots are common and help is available.
Category: Vascular Health
Heed the Warning of a TIA (‘Ministroke’)
A transient ischemic attack should be treated as an emergency.
6 Things to Know About Varicose Veins
Painful or unsightly leg veins? Learn more about your treatment options.
It’s how you splice it: scientists discover possible origin of musc...
The basic biological process called alternative splicing proves vital in making sure important muscle cell proteins switch from their fetal forms to their adult forms. Not doing so could lead to muscle defects and disorders.
Diabetes drug lowers risk of cardiovascular complications, kidney d...
For the first time, a large clinical trial showed across-the-board cardiovascular benefit of a diabetes drug – liraglutide – a much-needed outcome for people with type 2 diabetes.
New Device will make TAVR procedure available to more patients
UNC’s Center for Heart & Vascular Care has been offering Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for less than a year. In that time, the team has built a national reputation for excellence, allowing UNC to be among the first phase of the rollout of a next generation TAVR device, Evolut-R, developed by Medtronic. This valve is the first repositionable transcatheter valve ever available.
UNC is first in U.S. to use new device to treat complex abdominal a...
On Monday, June 18, 2012, the UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care’s Aortic Disease Management team became the first in the U.S. to successfully treat a complex abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with the Zenith® Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft.
Cardiology, Heart Health, Innovation, Technology, Treatment, Vascular Health