Cardiology

San Francisco-based Braveheart Bio, a clinical-stage biotech company, has appointed Emil deGoma, MD, as its chief medical officer.  Dr. deGoma, a cardiologist, joins Braveheart Bio from Tourmaline Bio, where he served as senior vice president of medical research, according to…

Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University researchers have found a new way to use MRIs to accurately measure myocardial oxygen consumption. The study, published March 25 in Science Translational Medicine, said researchers placed patients into an MRI to take multiple scans over…

A Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital physician has developed an app that uses artificial intelligence to read electrocardiograms, NBC affiliate WLWT5 reported March 25. The app, called Queen of Hearts, allows clinicians to snap a picture of ECG scans and generate an…

Hospitals and health systems across the nation are adding new cardiovascular services and procedures, and renovating cardiology spaces to meet patient needs. Here are some of the most recent happenings:

At Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods, 63.6% of cardiologists and advanced practice clinicians are women. Nationally, women represent 15.5% of practicing cardiologists, and 1 in 4 cardiology fellows. “We didn’t set out to build a team based on gender,”…

Atlantis-based HCA Florida JFK Hospital named Cristian Baeza, MD, medical director of the Heart and Vascular Institute. In the role, Dr. Baeza, a cardiothoracic surgeon, will help expand access to advanced cardiovascular procedures and strengthen patient outcomes by leading the…

Nine medical societies are calling for updated safety standards to better protect clinicians from radiation exposure and orthopedic strain in cath labs. In cath labs, clinicians use real-time X-ray imaging to guide catheters and other devices through blood vessels as…

Oakland-based University of California Health launched a tool in its EHR to help treat hypertension in patients systemwide. The UC Way Hypertension Medication Algorithm uses a stepwise approach to increasing medication types and doses, according to a March 18 system…

The American Heart Association is launching a nationwide quality improvement effort to strengthen the system of care for people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, or ATTR-CM. ATTR-CM is an underdiagnosed condition caused by abnormal protein buildup that prevents the left ventricle…

The Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is opening an outpatient location in Somerset, N.J. The new center will provide cardiology clinic visits for new and existing patients, non-invasive testing and fetal echocardiography.  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Cardiac Center…