Patient Stories and Heart Health Tips

Cardiology colleagues talking in a hallway

Team-Based Cardiac Care Model Benefits Patients at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center—and Beyond

To address unique patient needs, the Heart and Vascular Center has created several multidisciplinary Heart teams.

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Zhihang Zhang, MD

Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua announces hiring of new cardiologist

Zhihang Zhang, MD, is now accepting patients

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Medical professionals reviewing an image of a heart

AFib’s on the Rise. A New Approach May Help Treat It.

Pulsed Field Ablation is a new way to treat a condition that is becoming increasingly common in the United States. Here’s what you need to know about AFib and how to address it.

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Nurse taking blood pressure

Protect Your heart With These Prevention Tips

Heart disease is America’s number one killer. Understand your risks so that you can make meaningful changes to your lifestyle and diet.

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Kristen Frechette, RN, works with two cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation patients

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.

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Orthopaedic surgeon Lance G. Warhold, MD, during a carpal tunnel release surgery.

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.

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IAC 25 Years of Excellence in Echocardiography Seal

DHMC, CHaD recognized for excellence in echocardiography

DHMC’s Heart and Vascular Center has been IAC accredited for echocardiography since the accreditation program’s launch.

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Male athlete runs on a treadmill with a close-up shot of EKG monitor.

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.

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Screenshot of AP news article showing photo of Andy Hoang

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

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Angiogram image of leg of patient who had LimFlow procedure

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

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