
In this issue of Brigham and Women's magazine, you'll learn about how we're changing the way we diagnose, treat and care for patients with cardiovascular disease. The landmark TIMI trials have provided data on virtually every nonsurgical treatment of coronary artery disease. Researchers have also been examining how inflammation increases the risk for heart trouble, and they're zeroing in on treatments for inherited conditions. Cardiologists are exploring new ways of monitoring patients with advanced heart disease to reduce hospitalizations and improve quality of life. And there's much more...
Table of Contents:
The New Cardiovascular Medicine
Trials of the Heart
Beyond Cholesterol
Keeping the Beat
A Better Mousetrap
Preventing "Brain Attack"
Living with Advanced Heart Disease
From One Generation to the Next
An Ounce of Prevention
Advanced Cardiac Therapies Unit Opens