Cardiology

Five hospitals or health systems have recently expanded their heart centers or cardiology programs.

The Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati has selected Deborah Kiser, RN, to serve as executive director of its heart and vascular institute. 

Heart centers across the nation continue to reach milestones in the use of a variety of procedures. 

Here are seven heart study findings related to COVID-19 infection or vaccination Becker's has covered since Jan. 19: 

Rock Island, Ill.-based Trinity Heart Center recently implanted its 100th Watchman device, ourquadcities.com reported Feb. 17.

Jae Hyung Cho, MD, PhD, has joined Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute in Los Angeles. 

Patients with COVID-19 vaccine-associated heart inflammation had less functional impairment and less extensive myocardial abnormalities than people infected with the virus, a study published Feb. 15 in Radiology found.

Here are four partnerships and affiliations centered on cardiac and cardiovascular care announced recently.

Recent cardiology studies have focused on myocarditis risk after COVID-19 vaccination, a rise in hypertensive crisis hospitalizations and more.

More than half of women between 20 and 44 who gave birth in the U.S. in 2019 had at least one cardiovascular risk factor, according to a study published Feb. 14 in Circulation.