Author: Mariah Taylor

A recent Becker's poll found treatment options were the greatest hidden opportunity to grow in cardiology.

HCA Florida Largo Hospital cardiologists were the first in the state to successfully remove a tumor from inside a patient's heart without open heart surgery.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health performed the first renal denervation, a procedure that drops high blood pressure, in the state.

Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found a two-step screening protocol combining clinical risk assessment with biomarker testing that can identify which patients with Type 2 diabetes need medication to prevent heart failure.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Heart Institute researchers found that fasting before a cardiac catheterization may be unnecessary and result in lower patient satisfaction.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Transplant Center partnered with Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System to open a new transplant clinic in Newburgh, Ind.

Cardiologists are speaking out against a Lown Institute report that alleged 1 in 5 stents placed in Medicare recipients were considered "overuse," Medscape reported Dec. 20.

College Park-based University of Maryland researchers were the first to discover a protein that plays a significant role in the development of the heart, Science Daily reported Dec. 15.

Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai expanded its Virtual Second Opinion Program to women with heart disease.

Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare appointed David Shavelle, MD, chief of cardiology of the system.