Although traditional in-person cardiac rehabilitation programs improve outcomes, only 4% of eligible patients complete a cardiac rehab program despite its life saving benefits. Virtual programs can improve cardiac care and long-term recovery.
A team of specialists at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has become the first in the U.S.' Southeast region to implant the Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder.
A team of specialists at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has become the first in the U.S.' Southeast region to implant the Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder.
Medina (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital opened a cardiology clinic in partnership with Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health and Orleans Community Health in Medina, NBC affiliate 2WGRZ reported March 23.
Medina (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital opened a cardiology clinic in partnership with Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health and Orleans Community Health in Medina, NBC affiliate 2WGRZ reported March 23.
Mortality rates from heart disease and stroke rose 4.3 percent and 6.4 percent respectively in 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported March 23.
Researchers from Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai developed an artificial intelligence tool to predict patients' heart attack risk, the system said March 22.
Preethi Pirlamarla, MD, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai Queens in New York City, is back home after volunteering to provide care to refugees near the Ukraine-Poland border, ABC affiliate WABC reported March 22.
Heart centers across the nation continue to reach milestones in the use of a variety of procedures.
Kenneth Liao, MD, PhD, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Houston-based Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, performed his 300th robotic heart surgery in early March, the center said in an email to Becker's.