Intermountain Medical Center
New study finds length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy
Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who studied the DNA of more ...
Medical research
Mar 10, 2013 |
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Researchers find alternative cholesterol-lowering drug for patients who can't tolerate statins
Heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option, according to a new study by researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt ...
Cardiology
Mar 11, 2013 |
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Reseachers develop new 3-D technology to treat atrial fibrillation
Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center have developed a new 3-D technology that for the first time allows cardiologists the ability to see the precise source of atrial fibrillation ...
Cardiology
May 11, 2013 |
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New study finds that 75 percent of patients taking popular blood-thinners are getting wrong dose
Cardiology researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute have found that approximately 75 percent of patients taking two common blood-thinning drugs may be receiving the wrong dosage levels, according to ...
Cardiology
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Researchers find that simple blood test can help identify trauma patients at greatest risk of death
A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest risk of death, according to a new study by researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in ...
Health
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Researchers develop new tool to eliminate 30-day hospital readmissions in heart failure patients
Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center have developed an innovative tool designed to eliminate 30-day hospital readmissions for heart failure patients and improve the quality of medical ...
Cardiology
Mar 10, 2013 |
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Researchers develop world's first real-time, electronic tool to enhance diagnosis of pneumonia
Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City have developed and implemented the first real-time electronic screening tool to identify patients with pneumonia to speed up diagnosis and treatment and improve ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2013 |
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New tool helps doctors predict heart attack patients at risk for repeat hospitalization
Some heart attack patients end up back in the hospital just weeks after going home. It can happen for a variety of reasons, but doctors haven't had a reliable way to predict which patients will return—until now.
Cardiology
Nov 05, 2012 |
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