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Author: Elizabeth Gregerson

A team at Pittsburgh-based UPMC Presbyterian Hospital performed a heart and kidney transplant without the use of blood products for the first time at the hospital.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has appointed Juan Ibla, MD, as division head of cardiac anesthesiology.

In January, Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health appointed Joseph Bavaria, MD, as executive director of the Bruce & Robbi Toll Heart and Vascular Institute. He was also named chair of the department of cardiac surgery at Thomas Jefferson University's Sidney Kimmel Medical…

According to a recent survey of cardiologists, 59.8% have experienced orthopedic injury due to hazardous cardiac catheterization laboratory working conditions. An analysis comparing the survey results to data from 2014 was published March 4 in JSCAI.

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Patients who receive care from a hospital-affiliated physician after experiencing a cardiac event are 11% more likely to participate in cardiac rehabilitation, according to a study published March 3 in JAMA Network Open. 

Philips has recalled its Tack Endovascular System, used to repair dissected blood vessels. The company has instructed customers to stop using the device "immediately." 

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