http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Intermountain Medical Center 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 in the heart – a breakthrough for a condition that affects nearly three million Americans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-reseachers-d-technology-atrial-fibrillation.html Cardiology Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:01 EST news287414575 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 outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-world-real-time-electronic-tool-diagnosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:03 EST news282828727 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 Lake City. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-alternative-cholesterol-lowering-drug-patients-tolerate.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:04:50 EST news282225884 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 care a patient receives in the hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-tool-day-hospital-readmissions-heart.html Cardiology Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:50:25 EST news282113410 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 that 3,500 patients with heart disease, say yes it can. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-length-dna-strands-life.html Medical research Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EST news282113073 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 Salt Lake City. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-simple-blood-trauma-patients-greatest.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:20:01 EST news277661804 Given the right equipment, training and skill, an individual surgeon can expect to provide the best possible care on a consistent basis. But how do you get an entire system of surgeons—each with his or her own ideas, backgrounds, and routines—to provide that same level of care? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-intermountain-healthcare-cancer-road.html Health Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:40:22 EST news273494411 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 a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-percent-patients-popular-blood-thinners-wrong.html Cardiology Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:00:01 EST news271413454 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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-tool-doctors-heart-patients-hospitalization.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:00:01 EST news271336986