Special Clinical Section:
Cardiology
CARDIOLOGY PATIENTS BENEFIT NOT ONLY FROM
THERAPEUTIC BREAKTHROUGHS BUT ALSO FROM
CONTINUAL INTEGRATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED
PROTOCOLS INTO THEIR CARE. THIS SECTION EXAMINES
SOME OF THE PATHS PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHERS
ARE TAKING TO BOOST PATIENT OUTCOMES.
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FEATURE
UT MEDICINE'S FULL SPECTRUM
OF NEUROSCIENCES CARE LIVES IN SOUTH TEXAS 6
Physicians in UT Medicine's neurosciences program embrace a multidisciplinary
approach to medicine, while a network of specialty clinics offers patients across a wide
geographic area access to advanced treatments and techniques.
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION:
CARDIOLOGY
RESEARCH FINDS 'EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS'
IN CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES 12
A laser focus on evidence-based clinical guidelines and enhancements in the
caliber of care patients receive have generated remarkable improvements in
cardiovascular-related mortality and hospitalization rates the past few years. A recent
study analyzes the encouraging numbers.
NONINVASIVE STIMULATION
SHOWS PROMISE FOR STROKE RECOVERY 14
Occupational therapy (OT) alone is less effective for helping stroke patients regain
upper-extremity mobility than a combination of OT and navigated, repetitive
transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers have found.
DEPARTMENTS
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 10
AROUND TOWN 16
THE LINK 18
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