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Author: Elizabeth Gregerson

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health has named Aaron Eckhauser, MD, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, chair of cardiovascular medicine and executive director of the Nemours Children's Cardiac Center in Wilmington, Del.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health has named Aaron Eckhauser, MD, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, chair of cardiovascular medicine and executive director of the Nemours Children's Cardiac Center in Wilmington, Del.

Of the 70 Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in the U.S. who reported prescribing statin medication to patients at discharge, only nine did so for 100% of eligible patients in 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19.

Of the 70 Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in the U.S. who reported prescribing statin medication to patients at discharge, only nine did so for 100% of eligible patients in 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19.

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An international task force has developed standards for tracking outcome measures of patients with heart valve disease, a condition which is expected to double in prevalence by 2040. The standards were published Feb. 17 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes.

Cardiology experts highlighted the increase of opportunities with the field of interventional heart failure, advocating for more standardized training pathways in the subspeciality, according to a comprehensive review published Feb. 10 in Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and…

Cardiology experts highlighted the increase of opportunities with the field of interventional heart failure, advocating for more standardized training pathways in the subspeciality, according to a comprehensive review published Feb. 10 in Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and…

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