VCU raises heart health awareness through February

Sarah King News Editor Austin Walker Staff Writer At VCU’s Pauley Heart Center, the month of February signifies more than mentally preparing for the check-out lines at Kroger around Valentine’s Day. VCU is fully embracing The American Heart Association’s “Heart month” initiative, which intends to educate communities about heart disease and spread awareness of the […]

MCV brings Freedom to transplant patients

Nan Turner Staff Writer Currently when patients who need a heart transplant are fitted with an artificial heart (a replacement of the lower two chambers of the heart), they are forced to reside in the hospital for months. Cardiologists at VCU’s Pauley Heart Center, along with SynCardia Systems, Inc., are looking to change that. Recently, […]