Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., recently completed its 1,500th heart transplant, making it the fifth transplant center in the U.S. to hit this milestone, The News & Observer reported Nov. 11.
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Eranga Cardiology, a practice with locations in Milford and Dover, Del., has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware said Nov. 10.
About 23 percent of veterans who fought in the Gulf War or Iraq and Afghanistan wars experienced a traumatic brain injury, and they face a significantly higher risk for heart attack along with those who have post-traumatic stress disorder, according…
The COVID-19 pandemic's economic and social toll has exacerbated food insecurity, and those facing this issue may have an increased cardiovascular death risk, according to research published Nov. 9 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
A helicopter ambulance transporting a donated heart with three people on board crashed on top of Keck Hospital in Los Angeles Nov. 6, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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The American Medical Association is donating $100,000 to help healthcare organizations on Chicago's West Side to help patients better manage their blood pressure remotely, the AMA said Nov. 9.
Survivors of Kawasaki disease, a condition that causes blood vessel inflammation in young children, have a higher risk of developing heart disease for more than 10 years after diagnosis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology's annual…
Early-career cardiac surgeons with less than 10 years of experience had worse patient outcomes for valve procedures than those with more than 10 years of clinical practice, according to a Nov. 3 study published in JAMA Network Open.
Below are four cardiologists who joined new practices or received new appointments in the last two weeks.
Physicians should question the use of five common heart treatments and practices that may be unnecessary for pediatric populations, the American Academy of Pediatrics said in a recent guidance.