Becker's Cardiology

Cardiovascular-related health risks — such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes — increased among pregnant women between 2001 and 2019, according to a study published Oct. 6 in Circulation.  Researchers from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham reviewed EHR data…

Here are 50 recent cardiology moves from U.S. hospitals and health systems: Note: This list is updated periodically and is not exhaustive.

Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital is the best hospital for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published Oct. 7. For the ranking, U.S. News evaluated children’s hospital clinical outcomes data…

Stephen Langley, MD, chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and director of Driscoll Children’s Heart Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, believes his team is quietly building something extraordinary.  Since 2019, Dr. Langley has led Driscoll Children’s Heart Center, which he describes…

The national mortality rate for heart attack patients within 30-days of hospitalization between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, was 12.2%, according to a CMS data published Aug. 6. CMS began reporting data on hospital-, state- and national-level data…

Between August 2021 and August 2023, 63.6% of adults in the U.S. had at least one cardiovascular disease risk factor, according to a data brief published Sept. 16 by the National Center for Health Statistics. The brief defines cardiovascular risk…

The American Heart Association will honor Fátima Rodriguez, MD, section chief of preventive cardiology at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, with the Joseph A. Vita Award during its 2025 Scientific Sessions meeting in November. Dr. Rodriguez also serves as an associate professor…

Cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound was associated with a reduction of 246 hospital bed-days and $3,055 per bed-day saved among 208 patients experiencing shortness of breath, according to a study published Sept. 5 in JAMA Network Open.  Despite the cost savings, only…

Philadelphia-based Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has named three inaugural directors to its Cardiovascular Institute. Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, will serve as the institute’s director of translational research and as a professor of pediatrics at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School…

In less than a decade, Morgantown, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine’s Heart and Vascular Institute has grown from 25 providers to more than 200, expanding from a $225 million regional program to a $2 billion healthcare destination, delivering nearly 450,000 patient…