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Difficult Decisions

October 08, 2024

Rowan Cooley was born with rare heart condition. Doctors hoped he could grow up a little before surgery, but Mother Nature had other ideas.

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No. 2 Heart Program

October 08, 2024

U.S. News and World Report ranks the Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery Program at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital No. 2 in entire country.

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Cardiovascular Care

October 01, 2024

MUSC Health partners with Atlantic Cardiovascular Associates, formerly Trident Cardiology Associates, to expand care north of Charleston to high-growth areas.

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Stent Alternative

September 23, 2024

MUSC Health Downtown Columbia Medical Center among first to offer drug-coated balloon treatment for stent patients.

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WATCHMAN Implants

August 22, 2024

Heart team at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown marks 800th WATCHMAN implant. Device helps people with A-Fib get off blood thinners.

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Cardiovascular Technologists

July 25, 2024

MUSC Health in Columbia creates new cadre of invasive cardiovascular technologists to help meet demand.

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New Hearts

June 22, 2024

In a feat of coordination built on years of growth and success, MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital gives two children new hearts on same day.

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Heart Failure Treatment

February 15, 2024

Cardiologist: “I want to make sure that everything that they offer at Charleston, except for transplant, will be offered here at MUSC Columbia."

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Heart Failure Drug

January 16, 2024

Novel drug shows promise for helping people with a type of heart failure that once left them facing dire prognoses and declining quality of life.

Nanowired human cardiac organoids for heart repair. Image created by Ryan Barrs using BioRender.

Engineering Heart Repair

September 13, 2023

Nanowired cardiac organoids could one day repair hearts instead of just preventing further damage.

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