Cardiology

Cardiologist Lauren Gilstrap, MD, passed away Oct. 21 at the age of 38.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, has been appointed director of New York City-based Mount Sinai Heart, effective Dec. 1.

American Heart Association researchers found heart rhythms in the first pig-to-human heart transplant changed from what is expected from a pig heart.

Columbia-based National Swine Resource and Research Center at the University of Missouri received an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to double its space for animals, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported Oct. 28.

Intermountain Healthcare became the first in Utah to perform a new lifesaving heart procedure, Deseret News reported Oct. 27.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth is cutting heart failure readmissions by 67 percent through a pilot program that focuses on social determinants of health.

University of Louisville (Ky.) researchers found e-cigarette liquids can cause arrhythmias and cardiac electrical dysfunction.

Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center on Oct. 17 became the first facility in the nation to use a new heart biopsy device.

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, has been named the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Healthgrades named the recipients of its 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards on Oct. 25, and the list includes the top hospitals for cardiac care.