Cardiology

Clinicians should report all cases of heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination to the CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, the agency said May 28.

Manesh Patel, MD, chief of cardiology and co-director of the Duke Heart Center in Durham, N.C., talked about how Duke is making heart care more accessible during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.

A story about how the mechanisms behind heart attacks experienced by COVID-19 patients may differ from uninfected heart attack patients was Becker's most-read cardiology story in May. 

While keeping the palm flat, if a person's thumb extends beyond the edge of the palm, they may be at risk of having an aortic aneurysm, according to researchers at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University. The idea behind the test…

A new study contradicts the suggestion that patients have better outcomes when treated by a physician of the same gender — at least in the field of interventional cardiology. 

Adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder are three times more likely to have a stroke caused by a blood clot, or ischemic stroke, compared to those without the disorder, according to a study published May 26 in Stroke. 

An analysis of emergency medical services call data in Boston found that while calls related to heart issues fell 27.2 percent during the first wave of COVID-19 infections, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests jumped nearly 36 percent, according to research published May…

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System has selected Abhishek Singh, MD, PhD, to lead its advanced heart failure program. 

The American Medical Association seeks to standardize training on taking accurate blood pressure readings through a new initiative, the organization said May 26.

While many technology developments have advanced heart care in recent years, cost will likely remain a barrier to patients benefiting from the advancements, said David Hsi, MD, chief of cardiology and co-director of the heart and vascular institute at Stamford…