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Jul 27, 2021 U.S. News & World Report Names Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Among Best in New Jersey and New York Metropolitan Area Heart Care

Rated High Performing in Nine Common Adult Conditions and Procedures, Specialties New Brunswick, NJ – July 27, 2021 – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has been recognized as a Regional Best Hospital for ...

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Jul 26, 2021 Protecting your Heart Before, During and After Cancer Treatment Heart Care

Cardiac care is not likely the first thing on a patient’s mind when fighting cancer, however, cancer and cardiovascular issues are closely linked. Cardio-oncology is an emerging medical specialty focused on cardiac complications that may arise from cancer ...

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Jun 24, 2021 A New State-of-the-art Imaging Test at Monmouth Medical Center Is Helping Doctors Diagnose and Monitor Cardiac Problems. Heart Care

Upgraded MRI equipment allows cardiologist Ajay Shah, MD (shown seated with MRI supervisor Nicolas DeMonte, RT) to better assess the heart. Long Branch, NJ, June 24, 2021 – By now, you’ve probably heard that COVID-19 can wreak havoc on the heart. In a ...

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Jun 22, 2021 A Grateful Heart: Advanced Cardiac Care at Saint Barnabas Enables Short Hills Man to Bounce Back from an Aortic Dissection Heart Care

Advanced cardiac care enables a Short Hills man to bounce back from an aortic dissection. One of Mike Spar’s favorite sayings is, “You’re better off lucky than good.” The 65-year-old Short Hills attorney usually applies this insight to tennis, which he ...

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Jun 14, 2021 Heart Surgery of the Future: Half-Day TAVR at Saint Barnabas Heart Care

Saint Barnabas Medical Center’s first “half-day TAVR” patient is feeling great after his minimally-invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure. Open-heart surgery was a big ordeal—this standard of care performed by doctors for more than 50 ...

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Jun 2, 2021 Dr. Partho Sengupta Joins Cardiovascular Services Team at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Heart Care

Unveils Plans for Technology and Innovation Hub by Fall 2021 to Deliver New Models of Care to the Community New Brunswick, NJ -- Partho Sengupta, MD, FACC, will join Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical ...

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May 18, 2021 Is Salt Sabotaging Your Health? Heart Care

Here’s what it does to the body and how you can cut back. “Salt is all over the place in our diets—sometimes in obvious places like a salt shaker, and other times hidden in the food we consume,” says Elie Chakhtoura, MD, Director of the Cardiac ...

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May 14, 2021 Woman Celebrates Mother's Day After Heart Transplant at Newark Beth Israel Heart Care

A New Jersey woman spent Mother's Day healthy and happy with a brand new heart. Her heart failure escalated before the pandemic hit. She struggled to breathe and to walk. Then in February 2020, she got a lifesaving call. She received a new heart at the ...

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