Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health is discontinuing open-heart surgeries at two hospitals as it plans to open a cardiovascular institute at another of its hospitals in May. Once open, all heart surgeries will take place at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, Ill.,…
Author: Erica Cerutti
Nearly a year after a newborn received the world's first partial heart transplant, the transplanted valves and arteries are functioning well and growing along with the child's heart — a key measure of success in the procedure paving the way…
Hospitals' unnecessary coronary stent use costs Medicare $800 million a year, according to a new report from the Lown Institute.
More than 229,000 unnecessary coronary stents were performed at U.S. hospitals from 2019 to 2021 — a rate of one every seven minutes, according to a newly published report from the Lown Institute.
Patients who receive care in a mobile stroke unit may have a better chance of averting a stroke and complete recovery relative to those who receive standard hospital emergency care, new research suggests.
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Three cardiology groups are submitting a proposal to create a new medical board for cardiovascular medicine that would be independent of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Jackson Memorial Hospital has tapped new leaders for the Miami Transplant Institute's heart transplant program, which has been suspended since March, the Miami Herald reported May 11.
Jackson Memorial Hospital has tapped new leaders for the Miami Transplant Institute's heart transplant program, which has been suspended since March, the Miami Herald reported May 11.
Four cardiologists who have stepped into new roles since Aug. 23:
Eight cardiologists who have stepped into new roles or stepped down since Aug. 15: