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…
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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…
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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…
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst (N.Y.) opened its Women’s Cardiovascular Institute last February to address disparities in heart care. “Different populations experience disease differently, face different barriers to care, and often arrive in the health system through different pathways,” Rosy Thachil,…
A team at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute successfully employed a robotic device to place a patient’s central line. Vanderbilt Health is one of five centers selected by the FDA to study the Obvius Robotics device for central…
The American College of Cardiology has awarded 321 hospitals for delivering guideline-based, high-quality heart attack care. The recipients of the Chest Pain-MI Registry Performance Achievement Award engage in a quality improvement process, use data to drive improvements and positively impact…
M Health Fairview has more than doubled the size of its cardiology team at its Maple Grove, Minn., site to expand access to heart care. The expanded team at M Health Fairview Clinics & Surgery Center-Maple Grove grew from four…