Heart & Vascular News

Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's Hospitals have formed a partnership for safe maternal-fetal transport. It's the first transport service in the region that provides both obstetrical and newborn care.

The National Research Corporation has publicly recognized Barnes-Jewish Hospital as one of the 2012/2013 Consumer Choice Award winners.

Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s stroke program recently received the Get With The Guidelines–Stroke (GWTG–Stroke) Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association/American Heart Association.

Washington University physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital were the first in the country to implant the Impella CP into a heart failure patient on Sept. 28, via a catheter, rather than an open procedure. About the size of a coffee stirrer, the new device is the world’s smallest heart pump, yet it can support the heart by pumping up to four liters of blood per minute.