Author: Erica Cerutti

Behind every heartbeat is the sarcomere, a microscopic structure inside each heart cell that ignites the contraction. Now, researchers have found a protein called BAG3 may be responsible for sarcomere renewal — an indication that restoring the protein levels could…

Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk, Va., part of Sentara Healthcare, has performed the state's first donation after circulatory death — a novel heart transplant method that allows surgeons to revive a donor heart after it has stopped beating, Williamsburg Yorktown…

As more physicians recognize the heart conditions that can be managed from home, telehealth's role in the cardiology space will continue to grow, says Christopher Parker, PharmD, executive director at Centralized Healthcare Solutions, the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy's…

The first commission focused on the burden of cardiovascular disease in women aims to improve the outcomes of women with heart disease by 2030, according to a report published May 17 in The Lancet. 

In 2016, 745,000 stroke and ischemic heart disease deaths were tied to working at least 55 hours per week, a 29 percent jump since 2000, according to global estimates published May 17 in Environment International.

Lakeland Hospital in Niles, Mich., part of Spectrum Health, broke ground on a project to expand its heart and vascular services, the hospital said May 12. 

Cardiologists saw an average income of $459,000 in 2020 — an increase from $438,000 in 2019, according to Medscape's latest cardiologist compensation report published May 14. 

Cardiology needs to be "more in the business of prevention than treatment," says Kimberly Bell, MSN, vice president of operations for specialty practices at Orlando, Fla.-based AdventHealth. She recently joined the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast to discuss how she believes…

Physicians from Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and USF Health's interventional cardiology team recently was the first to treat a cardiac patient with high frequency optical coherence tomography, or HF-OCT, a novel intravascular imaging technology, the hospital said May 12. 

Only 48 percent of patients receiving a heart stent, or percutaneous coronary intervention, carry the stent card given to them after their procedure, according to a survey led by researchers at Atlantic Health System's Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center.