Recent Posts in Heart Care

Apr 17, 2018 - In Heart Care Hirohisa Ikegami, MD, Joins RWJUH Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program

Hirohisa Ikegami, MD , has joined the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He specializes in ...

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Apr 12, 2018 - In Heart Care A Safer Fix for Heart-Valve Problems: TAVR Tackles Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Elderly

What saps vitality after age 75? One thing, in many cases, is a condition called aortic valve stenosis—a narrowing of the valve that connects the left ventricle to the aorta, the body’s largest artery, often caused by the gradual buildup of calcium. The ...

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Apr 12, 2018 - In Heart Care Take Heart—and Take Control: Act today to Improve Your Longtime Cardiac Health

If you could do something just 15 minutes a day that could give you a longer life, would you do it? For most people that would be a no-brainer. “One study showed that 15 minutes of walking daily can extend life,” says Gary J. Rogal, M.D. , medical director ...

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Apr 12, 2018 - In Heart Care Getting the Heart Back on Beat: When Doctors Treat Cardiac Arrhythmia, It Helps to Have Choices

The key to fixing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, is finding the exact spot in the heart that causes it. Because of a trio of high-tech tools now in use by heart specialists at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, the hunt just got easier. For patients, ...

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Feb 8, 2018 - In Heart Care 78-Year Old Celebrates Renewed Health and Hope After Minimally Invasive Heart Procedure

West Orange, NJ, February 8, 2018 – At 78-years old, Passaic County resident, Rosemary Brand, had no plans of slowing down. Between fitness classes at the local gym and backyard barbeques, Rosemary enjoys a busier schedule than many women half her age, but ...

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Feb 2, 2018 - In Heart Care Heart Transplant Patient Returns to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center with Diseased Heart in Her Hands

Special Go Red Day for Woman Who Asked Physicians for her Old Heart After Receiving a Transplant Caption: Catherine Lapinski, Director of Nursing; Amy Doran, Chief Nursing Officer and VP of Patient Care Services; Lisa Salberg, Heart Transplant Recipient; ...

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Jan 31, 2018 - In Heart Care The Emotions of Heart Health

Emotional stress causes a negative chain reaction within your body. If you’re angry, anxious, tense, frustrated, frightened, or depressed, your body’s natural response is to release stress hormones called cortisol and adrenaline. They prepare your body to ...

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