MedStar Health Blog

This article was written by Jason Galo, MD, PGY-7 Interventional Cardiology Fellow.   Research presented by interventional cardiology fellow Jason Galo, MD, at the MedStar Health &ndas...

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for more than 100 years, but we’re working hard to change that. Recent advances in medication therapy mean there are more effective optio...

When a person feels deep sadness, we sometimes say they have “a heavy heart.” These feelings could be more than emotions at play for people at risk of heart disease, especially if they la...

Our study of patients in the cardiac intensive care unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center finds that palliative care positively impacts ICU care.   Patients in the cardiac intensive care un...

Our research, published in Interventional Cardiology Clinics, revealed that women tend to present with coronary artery disease later in life and have worse outcomes following treatment.   Corona...

This article was written by Hellina Birru, MD, Michelle Deville, RN, and Heather Fitzhugh-Boehm, RN. Two MedStar Health teams come together to bring research opportunities to patients at home, expa...