Researchers recently published findings based on secondary analysis of a study, HF-ACTION, examining the impact of structured aerobic exercise on patients with long-term heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The secondary analysis applied the association of baseline chronic liver disease (CLD) on the benefits of structured aerobic exercise for the patients.
Cardiovascular disease is a known determinant of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing kidney transplantation, which is the commonly chosen treatment for patients with end-stage kidney disease. Researchers for this study sought to examine the rate of major cardiovascular adverse events (MACEs), in the context of an aging transplant population on waitlists, higher diabetic populations and increasing dialysis pre-transplantation, specifically for the perioperative kidney transplantation period.
The Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, Graduate Medical Education program hosted two of its signature events during the first half of 2019, and also recently bid farewell to a pair of physicians who contributed immensely to the project.
The Flame asks Houston native Umesh D. Oza, MD, former program director of the Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, Radiology Residency and current vice-chair of Radiology, five questions about his time teaching at Baylor University Medical Center and his passions outside of medicine.
Lyndsey Harper, MD, FACOG, has an early story familiar to many who enter the field of medicine. “I was one of those kids that always wanted to be a doctor,” she says. “I loved science, and it seemed to match my skill set.”
However, after becoming a practicing physician, her journey took a turn down a road unfamiliar to most in the field: CEO of a start-up.
