September 23, 2020
Analyzing anonymized patient medical records, UC San Diego researchers discovered that cholesterol-lowering statins reduced risk of severe COVID-19 infection, while lab experiments uncovered a cellular mechanism that helps explain why.
July 30, 2019
UC San Diego Health has been recognized among the nation’s best hospitals for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual “Best Hospitals” rankings are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions.
September 24, 2024
UC San Diego Health and San Diego County partner on behavioral health care hub at East Campus Medical Center.
November 20, 2012
Simulations that help doctors perform life-saving surgeries; a better way to model climate in urban areas; and optimized blood flow patterns for heart patients with pacemakers. Fluid dynamics researchers from the University of California, San Diego, are discussing their research on these topics—and many others—at the 65th Annual Meeting of…
February 17, 2022
…UC San Diego Health cardiologist whether she should wear a heart monitor, to make sure her heart didn’t beat too fast during the long-distance cycling events she took up with her husband, Harry, only a couple months after her second heart surgery. Then the 59-year-old San Diego resident realized her…
September 15, 2020
UC San Diego Health is the first hospital on the West Coast to perform heart transplant surgery from a donor after circulatory death using a new portable organ care system. The investigational procedure could significantly decrease transplant waiting list times and improve patient outcomes.
December 6, 2022
UC San Diego Health is recognized as a 2022-2023 High Performing hospital for obstetric and infant care, the highest award a hospital can earn by U.S. News & World Report.
April 1, 2024
UC San Diego researcher, Farah Sheikh, studies a genetic heart arrhythmia condition that usually strikes people under 40. Her research will be used in clinical trials of a treatment for ARV.
October 22, 2020
…Perlman Chair of Clinical Cardiology for over 25 years, served as director of the Seaweed Canyon Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory for 15 years and sat on the Journal of the American College of Cardiology editorial board. Further, he has served as a cardiology consultant for the Naval Regional Medical Center and…
February 25, 2021
…said Dr. Laith Alshawabkeh, cardiologist and director of the adult congenital heart disease program at the Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health. “Previously, most babies did not survive. Now, approximately 95 percent of children born with a congenital heart defect are expected to survive to adulthood.” According to Alshawabkeh,…
