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Severance Hospital Performs High-Risk Cardiac Intervention Using Impella Pump in 86-Year-Old Patient

Severance Hospital Performs High-Risk Cardiac Intervention Using Impella Pump in 86-Year-Old Patient

Severance Hospital announced on Tuesday that its medical team has successfully performed a complex, high-risk coronary intervention utilizing a...
Asan Medical Center Launches South Korea’s First Dedicated Fetal Heart Center

Asan Medical Center Launches South Korea’s First Dedicated Fetal Heart Center

Asan Medical Center has established a specialized Fetal Heart Center dedicated to diagnosing and treating cardiac anomalies in fetuses.
Stopping Beta-Blockers After Heart Attack Safe for Stable Patients, Korea-France Study Finds

Stopping Beta-Blockers After Heart Attack Safe for Stable Patients, Korea-France Study Finds

One medication many patients take long-term following a heart attack is a beta-blocker.
Women’s Heart Disease Often Strikes Without Chest Pain—and 60% of Adults Don’t Know It

Women’s Heart Disease Often Strikes Without Chest Pain—and 60% of Adults Don’t Know It

Crushing, squeezing chest pain is widely recognized as the hallmark sign of a heart attack.
Rethinking the Sweet Tooth: What Happens When You Cut Back on Added Sugar

Rethinking the Sweet Tooth: What Happens When You Cut Back on Added Sugar

"Sugars" and table sugar are closely related, but they are not identical terms. In dietary science, "sugars" refers to...
Normal Cholesterol Panel? Why You Might Still Need an Lp(a) Test

Normal Cholesterol Panel? Why You Might Still Need an Lp(a) Test

Under national health screening guidelines, adults undergo routine dyslipidemia blood panels every four years—starting...
Beyond Diseased Samples: National Biobank to Collect Healthy Organ Tissue from Deceased Donors

Beyond Diseased Samples: National Biobank to Collect Healthy Organ Tissue from Deceased Donors

When a specific gene or protein is expressed at unusually high levels in diseased tissue, determining whether the...
'Can I Be a Mother, Too?': 30-Year Study Shows Safe Pregnancy Is Possible with Valvular Heart Disease

'Can I Be a Mother, Too?': 30-Year Study Shows Safe Pregnancy Is Possible with Valvular Heart Disease

For women with valvular heart disease, pregnancy has long been considered a high-stakes undertaking.
Expanded Health Insurance Coverage Lowers Barrier to Care for Rare Heart and Kidney Disorder

Expanded Health Insurance Coverage Lowers Barrier to Care for Rare Heart and Kidney Disorder

Patients suffering from light-chain amyloidosis, a rare and debilitating blood disorder that causes abnormal proteins...
The Cost of Over-Supplementing: How Everyday Pills Can Quietly Damage Liver and Kidneys

The Cost of Over-Supplementing: How Everyday Pills Can Quietly Damage Liver and Kidneys

Many people take a cocktail of medications, vitamins, and dietary supplements daily, hoping to safeguard their health.