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Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh has been selected to join the ABSORB III clinical trial, a multi-center international study exploring a unique bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS), a small mesh tube that is designed to open a blocked artery and then fully dissolve over time, leaving the vessel free of a permanent metallic implant. The FDA-approved study of the drug-eluting AbsorbTM BVS, made by healthcare company Abbott, is expected to enroll approximately 2,250 patients...
Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh has once again earned designation as a Premium Cardiac Specialty Center by UnitedHealth. The hospital is noted for its quality of care in cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology and electrophysiology, or the treatment of heart rhythm disorders. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) August 20, 2012 Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) has once again earned designation as a Premium Cardiac Specialty Center by UnitedHealth, one of the nation’s largest insurance...
Eleven new heart disease specialists have recently joined the Division of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh, further expanding the scope and capabilities of western Pennsylvania’s most advanced center for specialized cardiovascular care. PIttsburgh, PA (PRWEB) August 04, 2012 Eleven new physicians have recently joined the Division of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH),...
Raymond L. Benza, MD, an internationally recognized cardiologist who serves as Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure, Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) has been named Physician of the Year by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA). Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012 Raymond L. Benza, MD, an internationally recognized cardiologist who serves as Medical Director of the Advanced Heart...
World Asthma Month Summit May 16 Brings Attention to the Asthma-Environment Connection PITTSBURGH, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local and national asthma experts will convene in Pittsburgh May 16 in recognition of World Asthma Month for "The Air We Breathe: A Regional Summit on Asthma and the Environment," a day-long event designed to raise awareness about the growing incidence of asthma in the Pittsburgh region, and the impact of environmental factors on this pressing...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. ("HTA"), a fully integrated, self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust, is proud to announce the acquisition of Penn Avenue Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for approximately $54,000,000. Penn Avenue Place is an eight-story, 558,000 square foot, Class A office building initially built in 1907 and completely renovated in 1997. The building is approximately 99.6% occupied, and...
Doctors Estimate up to 10 Patients a Year at Allegheny Could Benefit from the Total Artificial Heart as a Bridge to Transplant Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) March 01, 2012 SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) performed its first implant of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart on Feb. 17. “We are extremely proud to be the first...
February Pollen Detection at Pittsburgh's Allegheny General Hospital is a First, Doctors Say PITTSBURGH, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tree pollen in the air in February? Unheard of - at least until now. The pollen detector on the roof of Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh has detected moderate amounts of tree pollen in February for the first time ever. Tree pollen normally arrives in April and is gone by Memorial Day. The last documented early tree pollen...
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cardiothoracic surgeons at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh have become the first in western Pennsylvania and among an elite group in the world to replace a failing human heart with the latest generation total artificial heart implant, introducing a new, life-sustaining treatment option for the most critically ill patients with end-stage heart failure. The SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, developed by...
The heart transplant and liver transplantation programs at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) are among the nation’s best in patient care quality, according to the latest report by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 The heart and liver transplantation programs at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) are among the nation’s best in patient care quality, according to the latest report by the Scientific Registry of Transplant...
