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.
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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.
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.
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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.