The sphincter also deteriorates over time and often requires additional procedures. UMC Tops State for Bypass Surgery Success University Medical Center ranked No. 1 for positive outcomes of heart bypass patients in a recent study of 21 Arizona hospitals. The HSAG study measured outcomes of 7,194 Medicare patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Arizona hospitals from January 1994 through June 1997. UMC achieved the best mortality index in the state. It gives us information on how we're doing and how to improve what we're doing.
Sleep apnea is a condition in which people stop breathing while they sleep.
About 2,500 Tucson schoolchildren, ages 6 to 12, will participate in the four-year study. Participants will be selected on a random basis from Tucson Unified School District schools that have agreed to participate and that have obtained consent from the children's parents. This information will help clinical pulmonary doctors determine which children are most likely to develop sleep-disturbed breathing and to suffer from the associated negative impacts on their health and education. Created in 1992, the AHSC Phoenix Campus provides assistance to UA medical students rotating through Phoenix-area hospitals. Led by Vice Dean Jacqueline A. Chadwick, M.D., the Phoenix campus also is home to myriad research projects and facilities, including the offices of Student Affairs, Minority Affairs and Public Affairs, as well as the Masters of Public Health Program, a joint collaboration between the UA, Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University.