Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health cardiologists recently became among the first in the state to provide protected stenting procedures using the Impella heart pump, the system said Dec. 29.
Cardiology
Below are 11 cardiologists who recently joined new practices or stepped into new roles.
Recent cardiology studies have focused on the link between exposure to toxic metals and clogged arteries, blood pressure readings during the height of the pandemic and more.
Shreveport, La.-based Christus Highland Medical Center completed the facility's first minimally invasive robotic-assisted heart surgery on Dec. 16.
Shreveport, La.-based Christus Highland Medical Center completed the facility's first minimally invasive robotic-assisted heart surgery on Dec. 16.
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Aurora-based Children's Hospital Colorado recently became the first pediatric hospital in the world to use a 3D intracardiac echocardiography catheter in the treatment of congenital heart disease.
Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, expanded its cardiovascular program by introducing a computed tomography artificial intelligence to evaluate the presence of coronary artery disease.
Heart centers across the nation continue to reach milestones with a variety of procedures.
Four hospitals and health systems have recently opened cardiac catheterization labs and other specialty heart centers.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network's Cardiovascular Institute opened a new cardiac catheterization laboratory, TribLive reported Dec. 15.