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February 24, 2021
Sonja Brune, Cardiology, Acute-Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist and Heart Failure Nurse, explained the importance of women playing an advocacy role in their prevention and treatment of heart disease and stresses the importance of having a primary care provider. Read the story.
February 8, 2021
Dr. Elaine Maldonado, Pediatrics, shared with KSAT 12 audiences that nearly all instances of chest pain or palpitations in children are not cardiac-related; most are a byproduct of the stress children feel from the pandemic. Read and watch the story.
February 5, 2021
Dr. Dawn Hui, Cardiothoracic Surgery, was interviewed for this KENS 5 story focusing on the warning signs of heart disease, prevention during the pandemic and the American Heart Association’s Don’t Die of Doubt campaign. Read and watch the story.
February 4, 2021
Dr. Dawn Hui, Cardiothoracic Surgery, did a four-minute, live segment on News 4 San Antonio to raise awareness of Heart Month, focusing on signs and symptoms of heart disease, the importance of heart health during the COVID-19 pandemic and the American Heart Association’s Don’t Die of Doubt campaign. Read and watch the story.
February 4, 2021
Dr. Dawn Hui, Cardiothoracic Surgery, was interviewed for two segments that aired on KSAT 12’s 9 a.m. newscast and a full story that aired during their Noon newscast. Her messaging to viewers focused on heart disease prevention and the American Heart Association’s Don’t Die of Doubt campaign. Read and watch the story.
February 1, 2021
Dr. Francisco Cigarroa’s opinion piece, celebrating 5,000 life-saving transplants at our University Transplant Center, was published in the Laredo Morning Times; while 2020 was a tragic year in which COVID-19 claimed the lives of so many, University Transplant Center pushed forward as generous organ donors made it possible to save lives through transplant surgery. Read […]