Surgeons at Hollywood, Fla.-based Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital recently treated a patient with an opening defect in the wall of their heart using the first nonmetallic-framed transcatheter occluder.
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Moultrie, Ga.-based Colquitt Regional Medical Center recently became the first in the state to offer patients the MyoSPECT, a new single-photon emission computerized tomography device, The Moultrie Observer reported May 2.
Here are the top 10 cardiology stories Becker's covered in April:
Morton Mower, MD, a pioneering cardiologist who was the co-inventor of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator, died of cancer at 89 on April 25, The Baltimore Sun reported April 30.
Six firsts in the cardiology field Becker's has covered since March 21:
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Six firsts in the cardiology field Becker's has covered since March 21:
Boone, N.C.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare System plans to open a heart and vascular clinic May 3 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, N.C.
Boone, N.C.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare System plans to open a heart and vascular clinic May 3 at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson, N.C.
Interventional cardiologists and a cardiothoracic surgeon at Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Heart and Vascular Institute performed the region’s first successful transcatheter replacement of a native mitral valve, the center said in an April 26 email to Becker's.
Between 2017 and 2021, 602 heart transplants were performed at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's Smidt Heart Institute, more adult heart transplants than at any other U.S. program, according to the center's annual report released last week.