Cardiology

Florida-based AdventHealth Tampa has revealed a $2 million investment in GE Allia and Carrot Medical technology for its catheterization lab, according to a Sept. 14 news release shared with Becker's.

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute opened its new outpatient facility in Mechanicsburg, Pa., WHTM reported Sept. 12.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute's heart transplant team is using technology that keeps hearts viable for up to eight hours, instead of the traditional four, the organization said Sept. 8.

Researchers from Newark, N.J.-based Rutgers Medical School found implantable cardioverter defibrillator information on YouTube to be low quality and highly variable, leaving an opportunity for medical institutions to improve online resources.

The FDA and Abbott are alerting healthcare providers about potential clip lock malfunctions with MitraClip Clip Delivery Systems, a heart valve repair device manufactured by Abbott.

Cardiologists at Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health performed what is believed to be the world’s first partial heart transplant by fusing the arteries and valves from a freshly donated heart onto an existing heart, the system said in an email to…

An analysis of the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry found 1 in 20 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 developed new-onset Afib.

Canadian researchers discovered multidisciplinary women's heart centers improve diagnosis as well as clinical and psychological outcomes for women with myocardial infarction or myocardial ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health named Sunil Rao, MD, director of interventional cardiology and director of the NYU Langone cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Researchers at Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that, accounting for height, women are 50% more likely to develop Afib.