In The News
Pumps and Pipes 1 • December 03, 2007
Much like moving oil through a pipeline, the heart must pump blood through the body. In a collaborative effort between Houston's largest industries, the Pumps and Pipes 1 Conference brought together petroleum, medical and imaging experts to explore potential crossover ideas and extract shared technologies useful to each industry
The Vulnerable Heart • February 15, 2007
It kills more people than any cancer. Every thirty seconds, an American suffers a heart attack. Every minute, one dies. Many of us could be at risk and not know it until it’s too late. We hear the unsettling news more frequently than ever before—it’s happening to seemingly healthy, active people.
President’s Annual Report on Vasa Vasorum Imaging • December 18, 2006
This imaging technology will give doctors the ability, for the first time, to detect “inflamed plaque,” representing regions of blood vessels prone to future rupture and sudden blockage.
Do you have a healthy heart? • August 22, 2006
Dr. Kakadiaris discusses novel research in heart attack risk assessment on KHOU TV (Ch. 11) News.
“Heart Month” Tip Sheet : UH Researchers Put A Lot of Heart into Their Work • February 09, 2006
A computational medicine breakthrough is helping pave the way to uncover a ticking “time-bomb” in the heart.
Defusing a “Time Bomb”: Heart Attack Risk Detection Technology Developed at University of Houston • January 18, 2006
A breakthrough in computational medicine is helping one University of Houston professor pave the way to uncover a ticking "time-bomb" in the heart.
