Cardiology

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: 

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

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia launched the CHOP Cardiovascular Institute to further research into pediatric cardiovascular diseases.

People with elevated risks for heart attack or stroke are nearly three times as likely to be hospitalized and require intensive care unit admission if they contract COVID-19, new research from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases…

Here are five cardiologists who have recently stepped into new roles: 

Anekwe Onwuanyi, MD, has been elected the 19th president of the Association of Black Cardiologists. 

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System launched an outpatient pediatric cardiology practice across eight locations in Virginia and Maryland, it said last week. 

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System launched an outpatient pediatric cardiology practice across eight locations in Virginia and Maryland, it said last week. 

Around 1 in 4 adults have a commonly missed liver condition that increases the risk of heart disease, the American Heart Association said April 14.