Cardiology
‘I Was Dead’: How a Perfectly Timed Tennis Match Saved a Farmington Man’s Life
Norm survived cardiac arrest on the tennis court thanks to CPR performed by two friends, and the quick response of the Farmington Police and Fire departments, AMR ambulance paramedics, and the UConn Health multidisciplinary medical team
December 18, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn’s Promising Stroke Medicine One Step Closer to Clinical Trial Testing
NIH awards $2 Million more to UConn School of Medicine to advance its research for a new medicine healing stroke damage inside the brain
October 16, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Multidisciplinary Collaboration Delivers Healthy Baby for 28-year-old Pregnant Stroke Patient Found to Have Cardiac Defect
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, OB/GYN, Cardiology and Neurology multidisciplinary specialties collaborate to help a young, pregnant stroke patient deliver a healthy baby
September 19, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
UConn John Dempsey Hospital is Nationally Recognized Once Again for its High-Quality Stroke and Heart Attack Care
UConn John Dempsey Hospital earns Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Plus” designation and Mission: Lifeline®-STEMI Receiving Center – Gold award from the American Heart Association for the eighth and tenth consecutive years.
July 17, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
Cardiovascular Genetics Solve Medical Mystery
UConn Health patient shares 1st-person perspective on condition that had doctors stumped
February 29, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Keep Beat with Your Heart Health and Your Family’s Cardiovascular Health History
An annual checkup can help identify irregular heartbeat conditions including the most common arrhythmia we can develop as we age called atrial fibrillation.
February 8, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Goes Red
National Wear Red Day was marked on February 2, 2024, during American Heart Month.
February 2, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Keep Your Daily Diet and Kitchen Heart Healthy!
February is American Heart Month. The experts at UConn Health want to help you learn how to eat and cook heart healthy all year round.
February 1, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Long COVID Story: Now, Back in the Race
Patient says her care at UConn Health helped her overcome a series of problems that followed a COVID-19 diagnosis and kept her sidelined for 2 ½ years
December 21, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Keeping Sports From Becoming a Dangerous Game
While others consider lowering return-to-play threshold for athletes with genetic heart disease, UConn is holding to its high standard
August 23, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)