Smart watches continue to get smarter, especially when it comes to health and fitness tracking. And, more and more people are wearing them. As of early 2020, it was estimated that roughly one-in-five adults in the U.S. regularly reported wearing a smart watch or fitness tracker to monitor things like heart rate, blood pressure, and [...]
Recent data has linked myocarditis to young people (mainly ages 16 to 24 years) receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. While we do not typically treat this age group at CTVS, we do see myocarditis in our patients quite often. Myocarditis is a cardiovascular condition that occurs when the heart muscle becomes inflamed. It can be triggered [...]
AUSTIN (KXAN) - It's been three years now since surgeons began using a new heart pump inside patients' bodies and they couldn't be happier with the results. The first HeartMate II™ ventricular assistive devices, or VAD s, began to be used at Seton Hospital in 2008, to keep patients alive until they could get a [...]
