Cardiology
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)
Chronic Leg Swelling Mystery Solved by Innovative UConn Interventional Cardiologist
To solve her chronically swollen leg issue, Maureen Previti turned to UConn Health's Calhoun Cardiology Center: "UConn is a teaching hospital. I knew they would be able to think out of the box to find a solution for me.”
August 3, 2023 | Lauren Woods
U.S. News & World Report Names UConn a High Performer in Heart Attack and Stroke Care
UConn John Dempsey Hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report in 2023-2024 Best Hospitals rankings.
August 3, 2023 | Lauren Woods
Nine Consecutive AHA Gold Level Awards for Heart Attack Care Excellence
For the ninth year in a row UConn Health and its UConn John Dempsey Hospital have been awarded The American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline® –STEMI Receiving Center – Gold award.
July 27, 2023 | Lauren Woods
Innovation at UConn Health: Meet Basic Scientist Kimberly Dodge-Kafka, Ph.D.
“My big hope is to develop a new type of beta-blocker drug for humans that can block or reverse heart disease progression so patients can live a better, fuller, and longer life,” says Dodge-Kafka, a recent recipient of a large multimillion dollar NIH grant to grow her novel cardiac cell signaling research.
June 23, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Simsbury Celebrates Grand Opening
UConn Health with the Town of Simsbury’s Leadership Hosted a Celebratory Ribbon Cutting and Facility Tours on June 13
June 13, 2023 | Lauren Woods