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Heart Care
Learn about the Innovative approaches that Duke cardiologists and cardiac surgeons use to care for people with heart disease.
Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents
Chest pain is a common complaint in children and adolescents. Chest pain is often perceived as “heart pain” both to children and their parents, and it can caus ...
Heart Failure Access Clinic Offers Care Fast
When heart failure symptoms strike, you can turn to Duke’s heart failure clinic for the intensive therapy you need right away. The clinic helps you avoid preve ...
Treatments Reduce Stroke Risk in People with Atrial Fibrillation
If you are one of the millions of people in the U.S. with atrial fibrillation (or AFib), your risk for stroke is much higher than people without the heart rhyt ...
Duke Pediatric Heart Surgeons Perform World’s First Partial Heart Transplant
Owen Monroe was only 17 days old when he became the world’s first partial heart transplant recipient. The revolutionary surgery was performed in April 2022 by ...
Sports Performance Coach Takes the Lead Against Sarcoidosis Thanks to Expert Care at Duke
In Fall 2019, William Stephens learned he had cardiac sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the heart. A team of Duke doctors help ...
New Dad Gets Heart and Liver Transplants at Duke
Despite being young and active, Stefan Rucker felt sluggish and weak in his early forties. In October 2020, the 16-year veteran police detective was diagnosed ...
Domino Heart Transplant Offers New Opportunities for Children with Congenital Heart Disease
When three-month-old Asher Hobby needed a heart transplant, his parents eagerly agreed to help to save another life at the same time. In June 2023 at Duke Heal ...
What You Need to Know About High Blood Pressure
Crystal Tyson, MD, a Duke nephrologist, answers common questions regarding your blood pressure.
Women's Heart Health at Every Age
Considering that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the U.S., women’s heart health is important at every age. But each life stage comes w ...
Less Invasive Technique Shortens Recovery for Pulmonary Valve Replacement Surgery
An innovative surgical technique is changing the game for kids and adults with a congenital heart defect that often requires several major surgeries. Compared ...
Can’t Take Statins? There’s Another Choice for Lowering Cholesterol
If you need to lower your cholesterol but cannot take a statin because of muscle aches or other side effects, you may want to try an alternative. New research ...
Ask These Questions Before Mitral Valve Surgery
Mitral valve regurgitation can do serious damage to your heart. A leaky mitral valve causes blood to flow back into your heart, which makes it harder for oxyge ...