Cardiology

For meaningful departmental growth to occur, the team first needs to be familiar with all of the services and resources offered, says Anand Singh, vice president of cardiothoracic surgery strategy for the Northern region of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJ Barnabas…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger will launch a sports cardiology program in August, according to Martin Matsumura, MD, the health system's chief of cardiology. 

A Michigan woman who had a widowmaker heart attack — a type of heart attack just 12 percent of people survive — said her Apple Watch alerted her to an elevated heart rate, local ABC affiliate WZZM 13 reported July…

A Michigan woman who had a widowmaker heart attack — a type of heart attack just 12 percent of people survive — said her Apple Watch alerted her to an elevated heart rate, local ABC affiliate WZZM 13 reported July…

Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona Health Services in Tucson, discussed the importance of understanding diversity and disparities in cardiovascular disciplines during a recent…

Below are six cardiologists who recently joined new practices, stepped into new roles or announced their departures.

Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, will take the helm as the American Heart Association's 85th president for its 2021-22 fiscal year, effective July 1. 

A story about the CDC asking clinicians to report all cases of heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination was Becker's most-read cardiology story in June. 

Four medical societies on June 30 shared new guidelines that aim to reduce blood loss during heart surgeries and improve patient outcomes.

University of MIchigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, part of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, is among the first in the U.S. to perform a catheter-based pulmonary valve replacement on a congenital heart disease patient.