Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health is founding an advanced heart failure and transplant program. The program builds on the success of the NCH Rooney Heart Institute, which has been recognized as one of the nation’s leading cardiac care programs, according to…
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Englewood (N.J.) Hospital is expanding its stroke care with a new device and two leadership appointments. The hospital has added Siemens’ biplane imaging system, which allows intervention in complex stroke and neurovascular cases, according to a March 12 system news…
In 2025, the American Board of Medical Specialties denied a proposal to establish an independent American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine. In a viewpoint published March 11 in JAMA Cardiology, physicians from Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center and the University of Washington…
Companies paid nearly $60 million to over 46,000 physicians for AI-enabled devices between 2017 to 2023, a recent Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania study found. Published in Health Affairs Scholar, the study found that cardiologists receive the most payments for AI…
Fewer children waiting for a heart transplant are dying, but it is due to medical care improvements rather than changes to organ allocation, a recent study led by researchers at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine study found. The study, published in the…
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The updated 2025 American Heart Association guidelines for hypertension allowed 73% of patients to meet treatment-eligibility criteria, compared to 57% under the 2017 guidelines, a study found. The new guidelines incorporate AHA’s Prevent risk equations and recommended a lower 10-year…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has opened a heart and vascular clinic in Bluffton, S.C. Novant Health Heart & Vascular is led by Christopher Wixon, MD, a vascular surgery specialist, according to a March 10 news release from the health system. …
MUSC Health Florence (S.C.) Medical Center is the first hospital in the state to implement Abbott’s i-STAT 1 instrument with the high-sensitivity troponin I cartridge to accelerate heart attack detection. The test measures low levels of cardiac troponin I —…
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released updated guidelines for managing congenital heart disease in adults. The revised guidelines highlight four priorities: access to specialized care, mental health, physical activity and pregnancy, according to a Dec.…
More than two dozen lawsuits allege 25 patients were infected with a potentially deadly bacteria while undergoing open-heart surgery at Kansas City-based University of Kansas Hospital, The Kansas City Star reported March 10. The lawsuits center around Mycobacterium chimaera, a…