Investigational Approaches to Structural and Valvular Heart Disease

Howard Herrmann, MD, professor of medicine and director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac catheterization laboratories within UPHS, discusses investigational, catheter-based treatment with host Dr. Lee Freedman. We are increasingly able to turn to non-surgical therapies for structural and valvular heart disease. What new devices are making these advances possible? What are the procedural risks?

Source: ReachMD | Aired: April 6, 2009 | Length: 13 min

Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Programs

Frank Leone, MD, MS, associate professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses how smoking-related morbidities and health complications are well-established. Even with social trends impinging on the freedom to smoke in convenient locations, many of our patients still can't kick the habit.

Host Dr. Lee Freedman learns more about effective pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic 'quit smoking' remedies from Dr. Frank Leone.



Source: ReachMD | Aired: April 13, 2009 | Length: 13 min