Recent Posts in Heart Care

Aug 10, 2022 - In Heart Care When You Should Have a Heart Check-Up

As the most important muscle in our bodies, the heart pumps nutrient-rich blood, helping us function and giving us life. In some cases, our heart provides warning signs of a problem, but many times it doesn't. The following are general guidelines that ...

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Aug 8, 2022 - In Heart Care Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Tops Off New Medical Pavilion in New Brunswick

Hospital leaders and RWJUH Board members joined New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill at a topping-off event hosted by project developer AST on August 2, 2022. AST Founder and President Robert D’Anton and his team had a ceremonial steel beam there to sign, ...

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Aug 5, 2022 - In Heart Care Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Clinical Lead Sonographer Achieves Fellow Status in Her Field

(New Brunswick, NJ) - Alicia Wright, RCS, FASE, Clinical Lead Sonographer for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s (RWJUH) Division of Cardiology, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE). Wright, a long-time Linden ...

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Jul 27, 2022 - In Heart Care When Should You Go to the Emergency Department?

Don't hesitate to get prompt care when you experience key signs of trouble. People often put off going to the Emergency Department (ED) when they shouldn’t wait. “They think their health issue will turn out to be nothing serious,” says Sreedar Raja, MD , ...

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Jul 27, 2022 - In Heart Care A First-of-Its-Kind Treatment for Blood Clots

Mechanically clearing arteries to the lungs can quickly reduce heart risks. A 52-year-old woman came to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (MMCSC) feeling chest pain and shortness of breath. But she wasn’t having a heart attack . Instead, she had a ...

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Jul 22, 2022 - In Heart Care Clearing Clogged Arteries

How an advanced procedure allows blood to flow freely to the heart. A procedure called angioplasty —sometimes referred to as percutaneous (meaning “through the skin”) coronary intervention, or PCI—opens clogged coronary arteries to restore blood flow to ...

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Jul 8, 2022 - In Heart Care Healing Hearts

A team approach to coronary artery disease Coronary artery disease (CAD) — when major arteries to the heart are damaged and blood flow is partially or totally blocked—is the most common type of heart disease in the U.S. Bruce Haik, MD However, new ...

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Jun 30, 2022 - In Heart Care Exercise and Target Heart Rate

The fitness world is full of exercise gadgets. Some are good, but many are more trouble than they are worth. Regardless of what shape you are in, one device you might find useful is a heart rate monitor. The key to cardiovascular fitness is getting a good ...

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