Dr. Jeanne Poole reviews the common supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, along with evaluation, management and treatment approaches. Medical vs. non-medical, rate vs. rhythm control approaches will also be discussed during this program. (Series: Innovations in Treatment)
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in Americans. In this University of Washington program, learn how to identify the risk for deadly medical problems leading to this...
Take a closer look at one of the most deadly diseases in America, coronary artery disease. Dr. Larry Dean explains the history of the disease and how to manage the associated risks. (Series:...
ROC curves are used to evaluate the accuracy of markers for disease detection or prognosis. They provide a graphical means of comparing one or many continuous markers to a binary measure of...
Dr. Wayne Levy, creator of the Seattle Heart Failure model, gives a detailed explanation of how his model makes accurate predictions of survival rates among congestive heart failure patients. And...
Originally webcast April 23, 2008, the University of Washington Department of Genome Sciences presents the panel discussion moderated by Maynard Olson, University of Washington professor of...
Dr. Christopher Murray is the director of the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and professor of Global Health at the UW School of Medicine and School of Public...
What causes our body's immune system to error and lead to disease? It could be inherited genes, infections, chemicals, toxins and drugs, or random chance. Gerald Nepom, director of Benaroya...
Successful cancer therapy is intended to eliminate all traces of cancer from the patient. If cancer cells survive the therapy, they may eventually grow back, resulting in relapse. Numerous studies,...
The subject of Tracy Kidder's book "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World," Farmer is a renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist,...
Twenty million Americans have chronic kidney disease. That's one in nine adults. Another 20 million are at risk. Are you one of those at high risk? Find out what causes kidney disease and how we...
