A physician's presence may prompt changes to patients' nerve activity, interfering with accurate blood pressure readings, a small study published Aug. 9 in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal, suggests.
Author: Erica Cerutti
U.S. News & World Report evaluated 592 hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery for its 2021-22 rankings, scoring them based on the care they provide for patients with complex heart and vascular cases, including heart transplants, implantation of cardiac devices,…
Stroke patients who were treated by a mobile interventional stroke team were nearly twice as likely to be functionally independent three months after their stroke compared to patients who were transferred to a specialized stroke center, according to research published…
Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Barbara Gill MacArther, RN, vice president of cardiac services at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, expects significant advancements in cardio-oncology and pharmacology research in the coming months.
Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Barbara Gill MacArther, RN, vice president of cardiac services at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, expects significant advancements in cardio-oncology and pharmacology research in the coming months.
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In the first two weeks after the onset of COVID-19, the risk of heart attack or stroke increases significantly, according to findings published July 29 in The Lancet.
Patients with a history of heart disease or high blood pressure hospitalized with COVID-19 who were taking statins — cholesterol-lowering drugs — faced a lower death risk than those who were not taking such medications, according to recent findings published…
A round-up of U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery for 2021-22 was Becker's most-read cardiology story in July.
The American Heart Association has awarded $20 million in grants to research teams at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and four other institutions to lead projects focused on preventing hypertension in communities of color.
As structural heart procedures become more common and cardiologists perform fewer surgical valves, it may lead to a loss of confidence in the future, says Jeffrey Carstens, MD, executive medical director of CHI Health Heart Institute in Omaha, Neb.