In one year since the inception of its robotics program, Cleveland-based University Hospitals' Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has performed more than 100 heart bypass surgeries using the Da Vinci surgical robot.
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Scott Baldwin, MD, will step down as chief of the division of pediatric cardiology and co-director of the Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University.
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers University's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will establish a new cardiac specialty fellowship at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with $80,000 from Pfizer.
When compared to virtual cardiac rehabilitation, center-based cardiac rehabilitation was associated with a 38.4% higher hospital readmission rate, according to a study published Dec. 14 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
An estimated 15 million U.S. adults are at risk for heart failure, according to a study published Dec. 17 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Remote patient monitoring reduced the readmission rates of cardiac surgery patients by 33%, according to a study published July 3 in Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports.
The CDC used patient-level EHR data to plot hypertension rates across the U.S. with hopes the information will inform county-level public health programs and initiatives, according to a study published Dec. 5 in Preventing Chronic Disease.
A team from Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City has become one of the first in the U.S. to successfully treat atrial fibrillation with a three-in-one mapping and ablation system.
The FDA has issued a safety alert for some Boston Scientific Accolade pacemakers after reports of a battery-related manufacturing issue causing the devices to initiate safety mode. The devices have limited functionality when in safety mode and may be unable…
New York City-based NYU Langone has expanded cardiology services at the NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn. Previously, NYU Langone patients living in Brooklyn were travelling to Manhattan to receive advanced cardiac care.