Cardiology

NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., launched an interventional cardiology program and opened a catheterization lab April 25. 

Daily use of low-dose aspirin is no longer recommended for the prevention of heart attacks in adults 60 and older, according to an independent panel of U.S. experts in primary care and prevention.

Heart centers across the nation continue to reach milestones in the use of a variety of procedures. 

Here are three recent moves from the American College of Cardiology Becker's has reported on since March 16: 

The American Heart Association and The Joint Commission will begin offering a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center certification program July 1. 

The American Heart Association and The Joint Commission will begin offering a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center certification program July 1. 

Four hospitals and health systems that have opened new heart clinics or launched new programs since March 23: 

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has opened a heart disease clinic for pregnant and postpartum women. 

A patient who received a double heart valve replacement at the University of Alabama in Birmingham on Oct. 2, 1990, was recently named the Guinness World Record holder for the longest survivor of the procedure.

Here are four recent cardiology guidance updates Becker's has reported on since Feb. 23: