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Atrial Tachycardia
… electrical signals in the atria are fired in a very fast and uncontrolled manner. This causes the atrial chambers of … of the heart chamber. The blood pools inside the atrium and sometimes clots. These blood clots can cause a stroke if they break off and block an artery in the brain. Although atrial …
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Putting the Experience of Hypothyroidism into Words
… Diary ” is a short story written by author Lydia Davis, and published in The New Yorker in September, 2000. The story … degree to which hypothyroidism may affect a person’s body and mind. Davis depicts this stressful journey with humanity, humor, and philosophical insightfulness. Perhaps her words can be a …
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Webinar – 2020 Annual Research Symposium
… Center. It provides an opportunity for residents, fellows and students to present their research to the Department and our Visiting Professor. This year the event included oral and poster presentations, and a lecture by Joseph Woo , MD, …
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Minimally Invasive Fix for a Complex Aneurysm
… Jerry Del Colliano, media executive, author, and disk jockey, is a member of the boomer generation who stays fit working out at his homes in Arizona and New Jersey. Earlier this year, he was diagnosed with an … usually causes no symptoms until it ruptures or tears and becomes life threatening. Though Jerry had always been …
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Stories of Hope: Florentino Rosa
… my parents bringing me to a series of doctors to try and find out the cause of my relentless abdominal pain. … that was causing my symptoms, thus prescribing me wrong and unnecessary medications. This situation went on for … my former doctors began preforming upper endoscopies and colonoscopies to find the root of my pain. After several …
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Stop the Bleed: Help Save a Life
… to raise awareness about on-the-scene trauma care, and teach best practices used by the military. “Bystanders … the Bleed is teaching ordinary citizens how to step up and save lives.” Stop the Bleed is a national awareness … emergencies. It’s championed by both military and medical professionals alike: Department of Defense, …
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Heart Disease Was Common in Ancient Egypt, Too
… the United States today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 610,000 individuals … Disease (CAD) , leads to 735,000 heart attacks each year, and kills over 370,000 men and women annually. Heart disease is considered the top …
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Benjamin Samstein, M.D.
… Benjamin Samstein, MD is Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical … is a renowned pioneer in minimally invasive liver surgery and state-of-the-art laparoscopic techniques for liver …
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Heart Valve Disease
… Problems with any of these valves can disrupt blood flow and put stress on the heart, lungs or the rest of the … system. Issues can occur in any of the four valves, and usually come in one of the following two varieties: Valve Regurgitation : the valve becomes leaky, and blood flows back in the wrong direction Valve Stenosis : …
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Multinodular Goiter
… multinodular goiter (i.e. makes too much thyroid hormone and causes hyperthyroidism. See Hyperthyroidism » .) or … but iodine deficiency (i.e. too little iodine in the diet) and certain genetic factors have been shown to lead to multinodular goiters. Signs and Symptoms Most multinodular goiters do not cause symptoms …
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Breast Reconstructive Surgery
… can be an effective way to regain confidence after surgery and begin healing emotionally from cancer. Types of Breast … reconstructive techniques are implant reconstruction and autologous or "flap" reconstruction. Both of these can be … either the belly, back, buttocks, or inner thigh areas, and can consist of skin, fat, and sometimes muscle. Because …
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Anna J. Varghese, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNOR
… Surgery who graduated from Chamberlain University and before becoming a Nurse Practitioner, worked for several … Anna works closely with Dr. Pokala Ravi Kiran and all the surgeons in the Division of Colorectal Surgery. … Colorectal Attending Surgeons in the outpatient setting and helps support and educate patients and their families …
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Debbie Bakes M.D. joins the Division of Colorectal Surgery
… the division’s expertise to Hudson Valley Hospital and Northern Westchester. Dr. Bakes received her B.A. and M.A. in Biochemistry from Brandeis University. After … Hospital/Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She has also completed a fellowship in colon …
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Pediatric Heart Valve Lab
… Heart Valve Lab is focused on biomedical, mechanical and tissue engineering approaches to improve the clinical outcomes and quality of life of children with congenital heart defects. We investigate experimental and computational innovative technologies to offer …
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