American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2021
Johns Hopkins heart experts recap sessions from the 2021 meeting.
Associations of Obesity and Subtypes of Heart Failure
Third-year internal medicine resident Admasu Wondmagegn discusses the connection between obesity and heart failure. He shows data that with the higher rate of obesity within the U.S., the risk of heart failure also grows with it.
Internal Medicine Resident
Evaluating the Benefit of Concomitant Tricuspid Repair During Mitral Valve Surgery
When repairing the mitral valve in an operating room, should the tricuspid valve be repaired at the same if it is leaking? Cardiac surgeon, James Gammie discusses why and how this would happen and what the effects were.
Surgical Lead and Co-Director
Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute
Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute
Preeclampsia and Implications for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Cardiologist Erin Michos speaks on the relationship between preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease and the impact it can have on women’s health.
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Across a Lifespan
Cardiologist Erin Michos discusses the unique risk factors some women experience throughout their lifespan that men don’t experience related to early menstruation, infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome, pregnancy complications and premature menopause.
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Commonalities Between Stroke and Heart Disease
Strokes are the second leading cause of death after heart disease. Neurologist Michelle Johansen discusses the global burden and commonalities between stroke and heart disease at the ends of the age spectrum: the younger and older adult.
Assistant Professor of Neurology