Hope for healthy hearts revealed in naked mole rat studies

August 14, 2014

Kelly Grimes, a graduate student in the lab of Rochelle Buffenstein, Ph.D., at the Health Science Center’s Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, conducted the first studies of naked mole rat cardiovascular function.

New defibrillator prevents cardiac arrest without placing leads into the heart itself

March 31, 2014

UT Medicine San Antonio cardiologist, Manoj Panday, M.D., implanted a subcutaneous internal cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) into a patient at University Hospital on March 31.

Startech Foundation, UT Health Science Center San Antonio announce $1.99 million Texas Emerging Technology Fund Award to Admittance Technologies, Inc.

January 18, 2013

Funding for innovative technology allows early detection and prevention of heart failure without additional surgery

UT Medicine cardiologist uses TAVR procedure to return quality of life to New Mexico man

November 16, 2012

FDA expands approved use of artificial heart valve to more patients

Biochemists receive $1.7 million NIH grant to fight heart disease at the molecular level

September 17, 2012

In a window-lined, almost-new laboratory on the campus of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, a team of biochemists will spend the next four years studying newly discovered causes of cardiovascular disease that could lead to new drugs designed to prevent or reduce the severity of heart ailments.

Rare kidney disease shows how salt, potassium levels are moderated

January 23, 2012

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a principal risk factor for heart disease and affects 1 billion people.