Becker's Cardiology

After nearly two decades of declining valvular heart disease deaths, mortality rates have increased and are predicted to remain elevated through 2040, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Session 2026.  An AHA report…

Kentucky had the highest share of adults who reported ever being told by a physician that they had a stroke in 2025, according to KFF data. KFF used 2025 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to determine the number of…

Healthgrades published its “Specialty Excellence 2027 Awards,” recognizing hospitals for their patient outcomes across 19 specialties, including cardiac surgery.  New York has nine hospitals included in the list, the most of any state. Florida has seven hospitals on the list,…

Macleods Pharma USA has recalled 3,744 bottles of a combination blood pressure medication nationwide after the product failed dissolution specifications, according to an FDA enforcement report. The voluntary recall covers olmesartan medoxomil, amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, 40 milligrams/10 milligrams/12.5 milligrams,…

Bloomington, Ind.-based  Cook Medical and Indiana University opened the Interventional MRI Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Center of Excellence at the IU School of Medicine’s Medical Imaging Research Institute in Indianapolis.  The center will study how interventional MRI can support new procedures…

ICU admissions for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rose on days above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but those patients’ outcomes were similar to patients admitted on cooler days, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium 2026. About…

Rural heart attack patients are nearly three times more likely to die before reaching the hospital compared to those in cities, according to preliminary research released by the American Heart Association.  Researchers reviewed death certificate data from the CDC WONDER…

Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Heart Hospital is the only dedicated heart hospital in the U.S. that had five-star CMS ratings for nurse communication, physician communication, cleanliness and quietness. Researchers at West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health found these metrics are drivers of…

Recreational cannabis legalization in the Western U.S. was associated with faster growth in hospitalizations for atrial fibrillation, heart failure and heart attacks than in the rest of the country, a study found. The study, published in BMJ Open, analyzed over…

Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center has temporarily closed its critical heart care unit, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Oct. 29. The lab stopped performing procedures in mid-September, according to the head of the Mercer County Pre-Hospital Care Council. On Oct. 28,…