Cardiology News and Events
Lung Transplant Can Be Performed Safely in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
A team of UPMC researchers found that patients with coronary disease can safely undergo lung transplantation, according to a peer-reviewed article in Clinical Transplantation. Of 656 lung transplant recipients in the study, 324 had documented coronary...
VMI Researchers Uncover Molecular Origins of Pulmonary Hypertension to Help Speed Treatment
VMI investigators Elena Goncharova, PhD, and Stephen Chan, MD, PhD, study how pulmonary hypertension develops in order to design better therapeutic interventions to prevent, regress, or cure this devastating cardiopulmonary disease. During the past year,...
Endowed Chair in Amyloidosis and Heart Failure Will Drive New Research Program in VMI
The Pittsburgh Foundation and the University of Pittsburgh have agreed to fund the Richard S. Caliguiri Endowed Chair in Amyloidosis and Heart Failure. The endowment will allow the VMI to recruit a distinguished amyloidosis investigator who will lead basic...
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