Texas Heart Institute Journal: Volume 42, Issue 2
We are excited to share the April 2015 issue of the Texas Heart Institute Journal, now available online. The Texas Heart Institute Journal is...
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Doctor invents a device that could make life easier for dialysis patients
Texas Heart Institute surgeon William “Billy” E. Cohn has invented a device that makes the safest kind of dialysis accessible...
New vascular aid pump anticipated to help millions with chronic heart failure
A catheter-deployed vascular aid pump, envisioned by Dr. Reynolds M. Delgado III, the Medical Director of Mechanical Support at the...
New bionic heart doesn’t beat and that’s why it could revolutionize transplants
Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute say the perfect bionic heart is within their reach, but it doesn’t beat. The average...
Texas Heart Institute halfway to goal of recruiting patients with peripheral artery disease for adult stem cell trial
Patients encouraged to sign up for study looking at potential therapy for leg pain that affects millions Houston, TX (March...
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center becomes first and only hospital in Houston to implant world’s smallest minimally invasive cardiac pacemaker
CHI St. Luke’s Health–Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (Baylor St. Luke’s) announced today that it has become the first hospital...
One Texas Heart Institute surgeon’s invention is changing the game for patients with kidney failure
Toting a battered, silver pool-cue case over his shoulder like an Old West gunslinger, William “Billy” E. Cohn, M.D., cardiac surgeon and...
Texas Heart Institute and The University of Texas System renew affiliation agreement
The Texas Heart Institute (THI) and The University of Texas System renewed their decade-plus affiliation that allows them to collaborate...
Pastor heeded warning signs of stroke
The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell drove to the Texas Heart Institute at CHI St. Luke’s Health-Baylor, and by the time he needed to...