An Indiana physician was found negligent and ordered to pay more than $2.6 million to a patient after a botched cardiac catheterization left the patient's right leg "disfigured and virtually unusable," wane.com reported May 26.
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Here are the 10 most-read cardiology stories published by Becker's in May:
Researchers predicted that by 2060, cardiovascular disease such as heart disease and stroke will increase by at least 30 percent in the U.S.
A new genetic test called polygenic risk score could help some patients reduce their risk of heart attack at a young age, The New York Times reported May 30.
The Heart Institute at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh received $7.5 million from Acrisure.
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Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder can influence healing after a major cardiac event, according to a May 23 article on the American Heart Association website.
Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System's Heart and Vascular Institute received a $75 million gift from real estate magnate Dwight Schar and his wife, Martha Schar.
An electrophysiologist at Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center helped invent a new device that makes atrial fibrillation treatment safer.
Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a heart that broke the record for distance a donor heart successfully traveled.
Global progress against cardiovascular disease is stagnating while deaths have soared by 60 percent in the last three decades, a May 20 World Heart Federation report found.