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UNC McAllister Heart Institute Turns Damaged Heart Tissue Back into Healthy Heart Muscle

October 26, 2017

Publishing their work in Nature, UNC School of Medicine researchers with the UNC McAllister Heart Institute show how their new research platform helped them discover new cell subpopulations and crucial cellular players in the process of turning damaged heart tissue back into healthy heart muscle. The research platform could be used to study other biological processes and create tailored therapies.

When Time is Muscle: UNC Cardiologists Beat the Clock

October 25, 2017

Calculating the risk of heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and death at the time of an angioplasty procedure can be critically important because early initiation of blood pressure support can improve survival.

Skills of the Cardiologist, Luck of the Irish

October 16, 2017

In May, a faulty heart valve nearly put an end to Jim Weber. But after receiving a transcatheter aortic valve replacement at UNC Medical Center, Weber says he feels like he’s been gifted with years he didn’t have before. A lifelong Notre Dame fan, Weber joined Matt Cavender, the doctor who performed the valve replacement, as the Fighting Irish faced the Tar Heels at Kenan Stadium.

Solving Complex Cases With Compassion

October 2, 2017

Patients come because they know UNC cares. The division of hospital medicine responds with care plans that better serve them, and this contributes to physician wellbeing.

Mackman Is Selected For 2017 ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award

September 20, 2017

Nigel Mackman, PhD, John Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, has been selected by the American Heart Association and the Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) to receive the 2017 ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award.

Ebola Is Detected in Semen of Survivors Two Years After Infection

September 20, 2017

William A. Fischer II, M.D., an assistant professor in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine and David A. Wohl, M.D., in the division of infectious diseases discuss how the Ebola virus RNA can persist in the semen of survivors more than two years after the onset of infection.