As a field, interventional cardiology needs to prove its relevance beyond improving patients quality of life, according to Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, director of the cardiac catheterization lab at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System.
Author: Erica Cerutti
A story about how the mechanisms behind heart attacks experienced by COVID-19 patients may differ from uninfected heart attack patients was Becker's most-read cardiology story in May.
While keeping the palm flat, if a person's thumb extends beyond the edge of the palm, they may be at risk of having an aortic aneurysm, according to researchers at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University. The idea behind the test…
Adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder are three times more likely to have a stroke caused by a blood clot, or ischemic stroke, compared to those without the disorder, according to a study published May 26 in Stroke.
An analysis of emergency medical services call data in Boston found that while calls related to heart issues fell 27.2 percent during the first wave of COVID-19 infections, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests jumped nearly 36 percent, according to research published May…
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Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System has selected Abhishek Singh, MD, PhD, to lead its advanced heart failure program.
While many technology developments have advanced heart care in recent years, cost will likely remain a barrier to patients benefiting from the advancements, said David Hsi, MD, chief of cardiology and co-director of the heart and vascular institute at Stamford…
The CDC is reviewing a few cases of myocarditis, or heart muscle inflammation, among teenagers and young adults who were vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a May 17 update from the agency's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has selected Christopher Mascio, MD, to serve as executive director of its new children's heart center, the health system said May 21.
Nche Zama, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon who has worked at a number of Pennsylvania hospitals, is running for governor, local ABC affiliate WETM reported May 20.