News & Stories from the Frankel Cardiovascular Center

A cardiac surgeon from Michigan Medicine offers helpful details on Impella devices.

Cardiologists at University of Michigan Health prevented the rupture of an aneurysm in a woman’s heart and used a minimally invasive solution to avoid open heart surgery. 

A mother of four shares journey with a rare heart attack just days after birth called Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, a leading cause of heart attacks in women under 50.

After years of research, a large team of multidisciplinary scientists from Michigan Medicine has identified a key molecular driver of preeclampsia, and demonstrated a potential way to counteract it in both mouse models and human placental tissue.

On the same night that the U-M men's basketball team triumphed in the NCAA tournament, U-M cardiovascular researchers won a national tournament of science

As transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, gains popularity, cardiac surgeons are seeing more cases of failing valves. Two cardiac surgeons from Michigan Medicine explain TAVR explant and other surgical options.

Parents support CPR and AED training, but readiness varies, according to national poll.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in women. Yet one of the most important windows to understand a woman’s lifelong heart health may come decades earlier during pregnancy. How new research could change heart care for women long after delivery.

A pediatric cardiology fellow at Michigan shares her experience being a doctor taking care of children who have the same, or similar, heart issues like she did as a child.

A doctor shares his personal experience and tips after getting a triple bypass surgery.

A Michigan Medicine electrophysiologist discusses heart arrhythmia, sharing what signs to look for and when to see your doctor.

Two studies showed similar disparities for different heart procedures.