Heart and Vascular

Advanced Cardiac Imaging Capabilities Enhance Coordination of Care
Dartmouth Health is now offering cardiac PET and will soon offer cardiac CT in southern New Hampshire, creating a new referral option for primary care providers and patients.

Renal Denervation: A New Option for Refractory High Blood Pressure
Dartmouth Health now offers a minimally invasive interventional cardiology treatment for hypertension—taking a team approach to long-term blood pressure control.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is the first in northern New England to receive national certification for hypertension from the American Heart Association
Certified Comprehensive Hypertension Centers are recognized as leaders in providing the most up-to-date, effective treatment strategies based on current evidence-based research in hypertension.

Real-Time Heart Device Monitoring: Who Benefits and Why?
Cardiology nurse practitioner Caitlin I. Booze, MSP, APRN, FNP-BC monitors her patients’ hearts. For this father and his disabled son, she also provides a lifeline to compassionate and unparalleled care.

Rebuilding Our Healthcare Delivery System After COVID-19: Understanding COVID-19's Impact on Vascular Care
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Center researchers partnered with the VA Hospital in White River Junction to uncover pandemic-influenced patterns of access to care.

The ENCIRCLE Clinical Trial: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement with the Edwards Sapien M3 System
The ENCIRCLE clinical trial aims to assess the Edwards Sapien M3 system to treat higher-risk patients diagnosed with symptomatic severe Mitral valve regurgitation.

Breathing Easier After Collaborative Pulmonary Embolism Care
Paula Mattis credits the Heart and Vascular team for saving her life with their collaborative, personalized approach and excellence in care.

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.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua announces hiring of new cardiologist
Zhihang Zhang, MD, is now accepting patients

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.