Florida has 11 hospitals included on Healthgrades’ “100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care” list, the most of any state. Healthgrades published its 2026 Specialty Excellence Awards on Oct. 28. Healthgrades evaluated about 4,500 hospitals across 31 procedures and conditions for…
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A Banner interventional cardiologist created a new device that can replace damaged heart valves in patients who are too sick for surgery. Paul Sorajja, MD, an international cardiologist at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix, made history in 2016 as the first…
Semaglutide can reduce cardiac event risk regardless of a patient’s starting body fat or weight loss during treatment, according to a study published Oct. 22 in The Lancet. These findings may point to heart benefits from semaglutide use that extend…
Thoracic surgeon Robert Bartlett, MD, former chief of the division of general surgery and the division of trauma/critical care at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, died Oct. 20 at age 86. Regarded as the “father of ECMO,” Dr. Bartlett helped develop…
New York City-based Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center has opened a $6 million cardiac combination laboratory. The new lab integrates cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology capabilities, including services such as advanced cardiac imaging, angioplasty and stenting, Afib ablation, pacemaker…
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Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital had the highest 30-day performance rate for heart failure patients of all U.S. hospitals participating in CMS’ fiscal year 2025 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program, according to the most recent data published Feb. 19. The Hospital VBP…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has begun developing an open-heart surgery program at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. The program is part of a more than $400 million capital investment to expand specialty care in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, according…
Cardiologist compensation reached an all-time high in 2024 despite falls in productivity, according to a new MedAxiom report. For the 2025 “Cardiovascular Provider Compensation & Production Survey,” the company asked 6,830 cardiology physicians and advanced practice providers across 232 programs…
A recent study led by researchers from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham found that cardiovascular-related health risks — such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes — have been increasing among pregnant women between 2001 and 2019. About 15% of…
The University of California San Diego named Pam Taub, MD, inaugural holder of the Step Family Foundation Endowed Director’s Chair in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness. The endowed chair, established through a $2 million gift from the Step Family Foundation and…