Cardiology

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a heart that broke the record for distance a donor heart successfully traveled.

Global progress against cardiovascular disease is stagnating while deaths have soared by 60 percent in the last three decades, a May 20 World Heart Federation report found.

Global progress against cardiovascular disease is stagnating while deaths have soared by 60 percent in the last three decades, a May 20 World Heart Federation report found.

The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and the Association of Black Cardiologists released a joint statement May 17 calling on cardiologists to take an active role in preventing deaths in pregnant women.

The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and the Association of Black Cardiologists released a joint statement May 17 calling on cardiologists to take an active role in preventing deaths in pregnant women.

A Kentucky cardiologist filed a defamation lawsuit May 15 against Owensboro (Ky.) Health Regional Hospital and two of its physicians, the Messenger-Inquirer reported May 19.

Here are 78 heart centers opening, upgrading or expanding:

Here are 78 heart centers opening, upgrading or expanding:

Ohio hospitals are evaluating their transcatheter aortic valve replacement programs after recent data showed a higher mortality rate and cost than average, the Scioto Valley Guardian reported May 17.

Cleveland Clinic is the first in the world to implant a dual cardiac device that potentially treats heart failure symptoms.