Becker's Cardiology

Five dedicated heart hospitals earned five-star ratings for quietness, according to CMS five-star rating data.  CMS’ patient survey database listed hospital ratings based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. This is a national, standardized survey…

Heart failure contributed to 452,573 U.S. deaths in 2023, a new peak, and the disease is increasingly affecting younger adults, a new Heart Failure Society of America report found.  The “HF Stats 2026: An Updated Report on Heart Failure Epidemiology…

The FDA approved the first heart valve designed to expand after surgery as a child grows. Autus Size-Adjustable Valve is a surgically implanted pulmonary heart valve for pediatric patients with congenital pulmonary valve disease, according to an Oct. 1 FDA…

Miami Beach, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center named Olcay Aksoy, MD, chief of cardiology. As cardiology chief, he will lead efforts to integrate and expand cardiovascular services throughout Southern Florida and grow clinical research programs, according to an Oct. 1…

Nurses are pushing back on UnityPoint Health-Finley’s decision to cut cardiac procedure lab hours, ABC affiliate KCRG reported Sept. 29. As of Sept. 14, the Dubuque, Iowa-based hospital will provide cardiac procedures between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through…

Transplanted hearts may change to match the biological age of the recipient, a new study suggests.  The study, posted on the preprint server bioRxiv, is not yet peer reviewed. Researchers from Boston-based Harvard University conducted heart transplants in mice and…

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health named Amir Lotfi, MD, chief medical officer, effective Sept. 28. As CMO, Dr. Lotfi will provide systemwide clinical leadership and oversee quality measurement, clinical quality improvement, patient and team member safety, peer review, infection control, and…

U.S. News and World Report rated 519 hospitals as high performing for heart arrhythmia care. U.S. News evaluated roughly 4,500 hospitals on how well they treated heart arrhythmia patients by analyzing patient survival rates, recovery at home, number of patients…

Anchorage-based Providence St. Elias Specialty Hospital earned stroke and brain injury specialty program accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International. Alaska has one of the highest rates of trauma and brain injury in the nation, and the…

The American College of Surgeons found that more than 80% of U.S. counties do not have a practicing vascular, thoracic or transplant surgeon. The ACS used data from the 2025 National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, CMS Provider of Services…