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CTEPH is a rare condition—about 5,000 Americans are diagnosed annually—and the symptoms are vague. Patients typically experience shortness of breath and fatigue, which can be indicators of many diseases, meaning CTEPH often goes unrecognized. CTEPH is a type of pulmonary hypertension that can be cured but is often undiagnosed.
A University of Iowa Health Care team has successfully completed a first-ever heart valve procedure in Iowa: a minimally invasive tricuspid valve repair that involves a catheter instead of open-heart surgery. UI Heart and Vascular Center specialists performed the operation Oct. 18. The patient was discharged from the hospital on Oct. 23.
Carol Scott-Conner, MD, PhD, MBA , and Hisakazu Hoshi, MD , of the UIHC Department of Surgery were among a group of 91 surgeons selected into membership in the new American College of Surgeons (ACS) Academy of Master Surgeon Educators . Developed under the auspices of the ACS Division of Education...
Dr. Irena Gribovskaja-Rupp, MD , was announced as the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Quality Award , one of six awards bestowed annually by the University of Iowa Physicians (UIP) group practice to its members. Dr. Gribovskaja-Rupp was recognized for her efforts as champion and leader of the...
Dr. Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA , the E.A. Crowell Jr. Professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery with University of Iowa Health Care, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) . The National Academy of Medicine is one of three private, nonprofit institutions operating...
When doctors and surgeons in the Heart and Vascular Center at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics learned there was a new way to perform an aortic valve replacement that resulted in less pain and shorter recovery times for patients, they knew it was something they wanted to investigate further and bring to their patients.
Using a recently approved update to a device called a MitraClip, surgeons at University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center repaired the heart of an 82 year old who was a poor candidate for traditional repair of a leaky mitral valve.
Dr. Carol Scott-Conner , Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Surgery, will be hosting one of the long-format pre-conference workshops of the 2018 edition of The Examined Life Conference . The Examined Life Conference is a three-day long conference focusing on the links between medicine and the arts. Dr...
Dr. Joseph Cullen, MD , Professor of Surgery, has received notification that his P01 program grant, Exploiting Redox Metabolism Using Pharmacological Ascorbate for Cancer Therapy , will be funded by the National Cancer Institute. This highly integrated program project will test the hypothesis that...