Cardiology

Three leaders from cardiology hospitals ranked among the best by U.S. News & World Report shared with Becker's where they think the industry has made the most progress in the last five years.

Salt Lake City based-Intermountain Health has expanded its heart failure program in partnership with digital health company Story Health.

A cardiologist from Greenville, N.C.-based East Carolina University Health has performed the first patient implant of the world's first FDA-cleared, drug-eluting "bio envelope." 

Guidelines released by the European Society of Cardiology strongly recommend the use of an ultrasound contrast agent during echocardiography.

A physician from the Heart and Vascular Institute at Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center became the first interventional cardiologist in the nation to place a dual-chamber leadless pacemaker. 

A physician from the Heart and Vascular Institute at Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center became the first interventional cardiologist in the nation to place a dual-chamber leadless pacemaker. 

A program combining remote monitoring and pharmacist support improved blood pressure in 74% of patients whose blood pressure was previously resistant to treatment. 

A recent study has established clonal hematopoiesis as a new risk factor for a type of heart disease.

An AI-enabled stethoscope identified heart failure in two times as many pregnant patients when compared to traditional screening, according to a study published Sept. 2 in Nature Medicine.

A single blood test was found to predict cardiovascular events in women over a 30-year period, according to a study published Aug. 31 in The New England Journal of Medicine.