Cardiology

The first patient to receive a genetically modified pig heart died March 8, Baltimore-based University of Maryland said March 9.  

Harlingen (Texas) Medical Center recently performed its 50th transcarotid artery revascularization procedure, MyRGVNews reported March 6.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health recently named Omar Khalique, MD, director of the division of cardiovascular imaging for both the health system and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in Roslyn, N.Y. 

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health performed the world's first dual heart-thymus transplant procedure last August, the system said March 7.

The American Heart Association pledged $20 million towards research to better understand the disproportionate impact of maternal complications and death among Black women, Native American women and women who live in rural areas, the organization said March 4. 

Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital recently surpassed 500 pediatric heart and 2,000 organ transplants. 

Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital recently surpassed 500 pediatric heart and 2,000 organ transplants. 

News about COVID-19's effects on stroke patients and stroke risk was Becker's most-read cardiology story in February. 

A dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system was implanted in the first U.S. patient as part of a global clinical trial at the Cleveland Clinic, the system said March 2.

Polycystic ovary syndrome is closely linked to heart and circulatory health, according to an Apple Women's Health Study released March 1.