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A day in the life of cardiac rehabilitation nurse manager Kristen Frechette, RN
How one Dartmouth Health nurse helps give cardiac patients the confidence to go back and do the things they love.
Dartmouth Health researchers studying hand screening technique for early diagnosis of life-threatening multi-system disorder
Cardiologists, orthopaedic surgeons, and pathologists at DHMC are collaborating on groundbreaking research aimed at identifying early signs of amyloidosis, a progressive and multi-system disorder.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center's Heart and Vascular researchers look at need for preoperative stress testing
Using nationwide vascular registries and data, multiple Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) studies show that doctors may need to change who they order stress tests for before surgery.
Associated Press: DHMC nurse saved by colleagues during cardiac arrest—while training to treat cardiac arrest patients
Andy Hoang, RN, began her nursing career at DHMC this spring
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center only hospital in northern New England to offer limb-saving procedure to patients destined for amputation
DHMC one of just 25 hospitals nationally to offer LimFlow
What is an AED and how can it save a life?
After CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), an AED (automated external defibrillator) is the most important tool in saving someone’s life outside of the hospital.
“A true hero among us”: Dartmouth Health cardiology fellow honored for saving life of man who crashed vehicle during cardiac arrest
Thara S. Ali, MD, performed roadside CPR and AED on Terry Dion
Dartmouth Health expanding Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Heart & Vascular Center
New Patient Pavilion opening in May 2023
Responding to the region's growing need for heart and vascular care
Cardiac care in this region will get a boost with the opening of Dartmouth Health's new DHMC Patient Pavilion in May 2023.