Gopi Dandamudi, MD, never envisioned himself going into leadership when he first began as an electrophysiologist.
Cardiology
Almost nothing that we view as modern cardiology was available 50 years ago. Cardiac procedures and surgery, cardiac intensive care units, almost all cardiovascular medications and even cardiology as a specialty were either unknown or very early in development in…
A swath of anti-LGBTQ bills that have moved through the Louisiana legislature throughout 2023 prompted Jake Kleinmahon, MD — one of only a few pediatric cardiologists in the state who handle heart transplants — to depart the state with his…
A swath of anti-LGBTQ bills that have moved through the Louisiana legislature throughout 2023 prompted Jake Kleinmahon, MD — one of only a few pediatric cardiologists in the state who handle heart transplants — to depart the state with his…
Marlex Pharmaceuticals recalled two lots of digoxin tablets, which are used to treat heart failure, because of swapped labels for the 0.25 milligram and 0.125 milligram solutions, the FDA said Aug. 31.
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Columbus-based Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center was the first participant in a trial to test a new device to treat heart failure symptoms, according to an Aug. 31 news release.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Hospital, New York City-based NYU Langone Hospitals and Murray, Utah-based Intermountain Medical Center tied for the lowest death rate for heart attack patients in the country, according to CMS data.
The oral drug muvalaplin saw positive results in the first phase 1 study involving health participants for lipoprotein, a genetic marker for cardiovascular disease that's known for "sticky" cholesterol.
The European Society of Cardiology released the first guidelines on acute coronary syndromes, Diagnostic and Intervention Cardiology reported Aug. 29.
New Brunswick, N.J., Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's heart transplant team successfully performed a heart transplant in the first 24 hours of a nurses strike.