Heart and Vascular

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
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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
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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
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Thara S. Ali, MD, performed roadside CPR and AED on Terry Dion