Surprising Trends in Cause of Long-Term Death for Heart Patients

More people who have known coronary heart disease die from other causes — such as cancer, and lung and neurological diseases — than heart disease, compared with 20 years ago, according to a Mayo Clinic study published online today in Circulation, ...

Zebrafish Discovery May Shed Light on Human Kidney Function

Researchers say the discovery of how sodium ions pass through the gill of a zebrafish may be a clue to understanding a key function in the human kidney. The findings from a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Tokyo Institute of Technology ...

Evaluation and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Charanjit (Chet) Rihal, MD, MBA, interviews Paul Sorajja, MD, about appropriate approaches to managing and evaluating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Examining Spruelike Symptoms Associated with Olmesartan

Joseph A. Murray, MD, and Charanjit (Chet) Rihal, MD, MBA, discuss the differentiation between symptoms from celiac disease versus a medication, olmesartan.

AAPMR 2011 Meeting- Mary Pyfferoen Discusses Poster

Mary Pyfferoen, P.T., of Mayo Clinic, discussed her AAPMR poster presentation, titled "Inpatient Rehabilitation in Patients Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy."

Repair or Replacement in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation?

Robert Widmer, MD, PhD, and Rakesh M. Suri, MD, DPhil discuss the practical takeaways from a recent study comparing valve repair with valve replacement in patients with severe ischemic MR.

The Chest-Pain Clinic: Innovating to Improve Care

In a video originally posted on TheHeart.org | Medscape Cardiology, Robert Simari, MD, and Amir Lerman, MD, discuss the challenge of treating complex chest-pain patients and the logic behind the approaches used by the Chest-Pain and Coronary Physiology Clinic.

Severe Mitral Regurgitation: Early Surgery vs Watchful Waiting

Charanjit (Chet) Rihal, MD, Maurice Sarano, MD, and Rakesh Suri, MD, DPhil, discuss the results of a recently published study demonstrating that early repair for severe asymptomatic mitral regurgitation was associated with better survival.

WARNING! Institution-wide QT Alert System

Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD, reviews the results of an institution-wide QT-alert warning system, the first of its kind.