July 21, 2010
Top Honor to Texas Heart Institute Editor Marianne Mallia
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) to present 2010 Swanberg Award to THI's Manager of Scientific Publications.

July 19, 2010
A New Pumping Device Brings Hope for Cheney
Texas Heart Institute's Dr. O.H. Frazier is quoted in this article from the New York Times about left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and other mechanical pumps.
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20docs.html 

See the topic in the Heart Information Center: Ventricular Assist Devices

July 15, 2010
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Moves Up in National Heart Center Rankings to No. 4
Listed in U.S.News & World Report Top 10 for 20th Consecutive Year

  
July 10, 2010
Q&A: Insight on rare, but deadly, threat
Surgeon tries to educate public on syndrome
In this Houston Chronicle article, Texas Heart Institute adult cardiac surgery chief Dr. Joseph Coselli talks about Marfan Syndrome.
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/7102793.html
See the topic in the Heart Information Center: Marfan Syndrome
 

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African-Americans and Women—At High Risk for Heart Disease
View the video (7:40 min.) from KRIV-TV's program Black Voice. "Heart disease poses a serious threat for people all across the United States, but for African-American women, the risk is particularly high." The interviewer speaks with Dr. Pranav Loyalka, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital cardiologist, and Wanda Alexander, heart transplant recipient. (April 2010).

"One Woman's Story of a New Heart."
Wanda Alexander's heart transplant story is told in this video (7 min.). 
 

Stories from the Heart

Heart Transplant Program Celebrates 25 Years of Success
Read the many stories of Texas Heart Institute transplant recipients living long happy lives with their new hearts.

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Publications of the Texas Heart Institute

• UPDATE is for friends and staff of THI, recognizing donors and highlighting events.
• Heart Watch is a quarterly newsletter for physicians, composed of brief articles describing clinical and research activities at THI. (En español.)
• Texas Heart Institute Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal.