Patient Stories and Heart Health Tips

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.

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.

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.