Cardiology

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…

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine Health Network has seen double-digit growth in new patient appointments and heart services, thanks in part to a dyad partnership model among its leaders. New patient visits in the Health Network have had a compound annual growth…

Cardiologists are increasingly stepping into leadership roles across health systems and medtech companies as organizations scale cardiovascular services and invest in innovation. Recent appointments reflect a growing emphasis on clinical leaders driving strategy, expanding access and advancing new models of…

People with heart disease who receive a shingles vaccine saw a 46% cut in major cardiac events and a 66% cut in deaths within a year, a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session found. Researchers…

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found stopping GLP-1 medications is linked to a 22% increase in heart attack, stroke and death after two years. The study, published March 18 in BMJ Medicine, follows more than…