Researchers from Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark found patients with Type 2 diabetes with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug prescriptions have an increased risk of heart failure, Cardiovascular Business reported Aug. 23.
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Kathryn Lindley, MD, joined the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute as director of the women's heart center.
Eight cardiologists who have stepped into new roles or stepped down since Aug. 15:
Cincinnati-based Jeff Robbins, PhD, was killed in a vehicle collision while cycling Aug. 20, The Enquirer reported.
Bowling Green, Ky.-based TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital has completed a $4.1 million upgrade of its cath lab and added a cardiac catheterization suite.
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Wellstar Health System implanted Georgia's first thoracic branched endograft Aug 22.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has delayed construction of its new heart center, Inforum reported Aug. 22.
In a new report updating knowledge of cardiovascular disease symptoms, the American Heart Association highlights the importance race and gender play and calls for further study of these differences.
N.J.-based Hackensack University Medical Center became the second hospital in the world to implant the Impella Bridge-to-Recovery heart pump, New Jersey Business Magazine reported Aug. 18.
N.Y.-based Staten Island University Hospital opened its $17.5 million, 19 bed cardiovascular unit in the Heart Tower of its North campus.