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March 12, 2018 Stress of Open-Heart Surgery Significantly Reduces Patients’ Vitamin D Levels, But Supplementation Before and After Surgery Helps, Study Finds Media Contact The stress of open-heart surgery significantly reduces patients’ vitamin D levels, but aggressive supplementation with vitamin D3, just before and after surgery, can completely eliminate the observed drop in vitamin D, researchers have found. Full Story
March 12, 2018 Testing for Calcium in the Coronary Arteries Provides a Better Way to Predict Heart Attack Events than Stress Testing Alone, News Study Finds Media Contact Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have found that incorporating underused, but available, imaging technologies, such as PET/CT scans, more precisely predicts who’s at risk for heart attacks and similar threats — in time to prevent them. Full Story
March 10, 2018 Researchers Identify Proteins Associated with Diabetic Complications and Increased Heart Disease in Diabetic Patients Media Contact Protein pathways that are closely linked to changes in both triglyceride and hemoglobin A1c levels in diabetic patients have been identified in new research by the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City. Full Story
March 10, 2018 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Dramatically Improves Heart Patients’ Quality of Life, Study Finds Media Contact Patients who undergo a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR — a minimally-invasive surgical procedure that repairs a damaged heart valve — experienced a significant increase in their quality of life, according to a new study by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City. Full Story
March 9, 2018 PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging More Effective Than SPECT Scans In Detecting Coronary Artery Disease, Study Finds Media Contact Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan experienced a significant increase in the detection of severe obstructive coronary artery disease, according to researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City. Full Story
March 7, 2018 Intermountain Hospitals Earn High Scores in New Federal CMS Star Ratings Media Contact New “Star Ratings” have been issued by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which ranks hospitals across the nation with one to five stars based on their performance on 57 quality measures. Full Story
March 1, 2018 Intermountain Healthcare Launches New Company, Expanding Access to Proven Mental Health Integration Approach Media Contact Intermountain Healthcare announces the formation and launch of Alluceo, a new independent company offering proven, team-based mental health integration services and technology. Full Story
March 1, 2018 Intermountain Healthcare Building New Global DNA Database for Future Genetic Discoveries Media Contact Intermountain Healthcare is creating a new global DNA registry based on medical histories from people around the world, which researchers can use to find genetic codes that determine who’s at risk of developing genetic health problems and help them quickly and economically. Full Story
February 28, 2018 Intermountain Healthcare Opens New Hospital --- Without a Building or Walls Media Contact Intermountain's virtual hospital -- Connect Care Pro -- is one of the largest of its type in U.S., will make services available to under served areas Full Story
February 15, 2018 Intermountain Healthcare Gifts $15 Million for New University of Utah Medical School Media Contact University Hospital receives funds from Intermountain Healthcare for new medical education building. Full Story