“Weekend Warrior” Physical Activity Provides Similar Heart-Related Benefits As More Regular Exercise
Study results suggest that engaging in some physical activity, regardless of pattern, helps protect against a range of cardiovascular conditions.
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Learn more about CMEs and other education opportunities at the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center.
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This course provides interactive didactic lectures and video demonstration of management approaches in the multidisciplinary care of patients with acute heart and lung failure. While there are other CME courses offered at regional academic centers, no center offers an integrated course on heart and lung support.
Our short-term MCS course brings together a uniquely multidisciplinary panel of speakers, not only including cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and pulmonologists, but also respiratory therapists, nurses, and palliative care physicians. The course faculty reflects the complexity of care for patients with acute heart and lung failure and illustrates how a team of diverse providers work together to address challenges to improve quality of care.
Learn more >This course is desgined to educate practicing clinicians about current topics at the forefront of cardiac intensive care--such as ECMO and mechanical circulatory support-- and provide clinicians with a robust evidence base of medical knowledge to be able to provide comprehensive guideline-based and best-practice in care to modern cardiac intensive care patients. Learn more >
This course has been designed as an intensive and practical review of structural and valvular heart disease, involving didactic lectures, panel discussions, and case presentations that emphasize newer concepts of diagnosis, decision-making, and therapies. Learn more >
Developed by a Mass General cardiologist, Excaliper provides case-based, interactive videos written by our team of expert cardiologist educators.
Study results suggest that engaging in some physical activity, regardless of pattern, helps protect against a range of cardiovascular conditions.
The findings could help in identifying new interventions that reduce the brain’s stress activity without the negative health effects of alcohol.
The Heart Transplant Program successfully completed its 750th transplant on Sunday, April 30. Since the hospital’s first heart transplant in 1985, the Heart Transplant Program has grown into the highest annual volume program in New England.
Tips for Caregivers to Maximize a Child’s Heart Health for a Lifetime
The workshop outlined research opportunities to identify and treat patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) who are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest and death.
Learn more about education and research at the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center.