UC Davis Health is one of 30 health systems in the U.S. to take part in new clinical study of a minimally treatment for thoracic aortic arch disease.
Read MoreCardiologists recently completed their first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) procedure, becoming the first hospital in the Sacramento region to perform the minimally invasive treatment.
Read MoreCourses teach patients how to manage chronic conditions and make lifestyle changes.
Read MorePatient Mariel Garcia shares how UC Davis Women's Cardiovascular Medicine Program stood out in its efforts to provide dedicated care for women who have heart disease.
Read MoreTim Stottlemyer is one of 13 patients who have received life-saving surgical procedures thanks to vascular surgery's new abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance program.
Read MoreUC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez is the first physician in the world to implant a retrievable leadless pacemaker in a child.
Read MoreUC Davis Medical Center’s heart team has performed the institution’s first transfemoral transseptal mitral valve replacement procedure – the first hospital on the West Coast to do so.
Read MoreAfter Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during a football game, we spoke to cardiologist Martin Cadeiras about the causes, signs and symptoms of the condition.
Read MoreHeartburn and heart attack both have chest pain as a symptom. There are other symptoms that can help differentiate between the two.
Read MoreChancellor Gary S. May visited the Electrophysiology Laboratory to celebrate the 25th anniversary of arrhythmia services at the medical center.
Read MoreThe UC Davis Health team used a new catheterization procedure to buy some time for a newborn baby with a congenital heart defect. Doctors want the baby to grow and develop before a major open-heart surgery.
Read MoreUC Davis Health and AI software company Illuminate have developed a centralized abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance program using artificial intelligence software. The effort identifies at-risk abdominal aortic aneurysm patients who may have been ‘lost-to-follow-up’ either due to COVID-19 or other factors.
Read MoreA multidisciplinary team from the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine received an abstract award for their research at the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation's annual meeting.
Read MoreA new, dedicated clinic to pediatric lipid disorders opens today in Roseville. The clinic is the only one of its kind in inland Northern California. The UC Davis Health clinic offers care for children with abnormal cholesterol levels, elevated triglycerides and lipoprotein (a) levels and other complex lipid disorders.
Read MoreCardiovascular experts will present new research and clinical findings at the 2022 Heart Failure Summit. The annual conference will focus on “Advances in Heart Failure” and will feature leading cardiology researchers, clinicians and surgeons.
Read MoreCardiothoracic surgery resident Nataliya Bahatyrevich has become the latest UC Davis trainee to receive a prestigious T32 federal research grant. The award will allow her to spend a year in the laboratory and pursue a Master of Science in biomedical engineering at UC Davis
Read MoreA study analyzed the risk of heart failure in women and its link to their BMI, waist circumference and age they entered menopause. It urged clinicians to consider a patient's weight and menopausal history when evaluating their risk of heart failure.
Read MoreA new initiative called Pluralist will challenge the current paradigm and pursue equity in organ transplantation. The effort will place particular emphasis on communities of color in Sacramento and throughout California by using education intervention tools like social networks and digital media.
Read MoreThe UC Davis Pediatric Heart Center nurse practitioners are hiking to make wishes come true for children diagnosed with critical illnesses, including congenital heart disease. Barb Goebel, Mary Zanobini and Callie Brecek are fundraising for the Make-a-Wish Northeastern and Central California and Northern Nevada chapter’s Trailblaze Challenge, a 23.2-mile hike along the Tahoe Rim Trail.
Read MoreDuring Heart Failure Awareness Week experts will encourage people to learn more about heart failure. They’ll host discussions on UC Davis Health’s Facebook page in English and Spanish covering what heart failure is, why it occurs and how to prevent and treat it.
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