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Heart and Vascular
Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Right Heart Failure: Moving Toward Personalized Medicine
Dr. Champion provides an overview of Pulmonary Hypertension and various therapies. He introduces new ways of thinking about the disease and the future of treatment.
Publish Date: 5/15/2012
Total Viewing Time: 41 min.
Peripheral Vascular Disease: Surgery vs. Endovascular
Vascular surgeon, Dr. Rabih Chaer, compares the endovascular approach to surgical revascularization in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The presentation concludes with the pros and cons of each approach in various clinical situations.
Publish Date: 2/16/2012
Total Viewing Time: 36 min.
Current Status of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)
Dr. Michel Makaroun discusses the current state of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair or TEVAR and how the approach has influenced the treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies.
Publish Date: 11/15/2011
Total Viewing Time: 49 minutes
Heart Transplant: Medical Update
UPMC cardiologists provide information that is important for the referral and management of heart transplant patients. The presentations are from the Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease conference in October, 2010.
Publish Date: 3/21/2011
Total Viewing Time: 45 minutes
Use of Coronary Angiography, CT Scan, and Cardiac MRI to Diagnose and Manage Coronary Artery Disease
The diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease is the topic of this presentation from UPMC’s Update in Internal Medicine 2010: Evidence-Based Approaches to Common Medical Problems.
Publish Date: 5/2/2011
Total Viewing Time: 88 minutes
Antiplatelet Therapy: Difficult Situations in Everyday Practice
Doctors from multiple specialties discuss common solutions for the management of patients requiring antiplatelet therapy.
Publish Date: 10/19/2010
Total Viewing Time: 37 min
Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis: When and How to Treat Patients
UPMC cardiologist, Dr. William Anderson, and UPMC surgeon, Dr. Giovanni Speziali, debate the management of patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis.
Publish Date: 9/16/2010
Total Viewing Time: 34 min
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