Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health's St. Mary's Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., recently became the first community hospital in the nation to receive vascular verification from the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery.
Cardiology
Women in academic cardiothoracic surgery earn 80% to 87% of the salary men with equal academic rank earn, according to a study published Dec. 2 in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
After CMS released its finalized 2025 physician fee schedule, which will reduce reimbursements by 2.83%, some cardiologists are raising concerns over what they call an unstable healthcare system, according to a Dec. 9 TCTMD report.
Experts agree more care should be given to cardiovascular safety concerns during clinical cancer trials. The Cardiovascular Safety Research Consortium published new recommendations for addressing those concerns Dec. 10 in JACC: CardioOncology.
The American College of Cardiology has developed an Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for the diagnosis and management of adult patients with acute myocarditis. The pathway was published Dec. 10 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center has launched a new telecardiology service in partnership with the system's Webster Springs, W.Va.-based Webster Memorial Hospital.
Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital broke ground on an expansion to its heart institute while launching a $50 million fundraising campaign to support additional improvement projects, according to a Dec. 6 report from The Citizen.
Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital broke ground on an expansion to its heart institute while launching a $50 million fundraising campaign to support additional improvement projects, according to a Dec. 6 report from The Citizen.
A team at Austin, Texas-based St. David's Medical Center became the first team in the U.S. to use a newly FDA-approved novel pulsed field ablation system to treat patients with atrial fibrillation.
A team at HonorHealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Shea Medical Center performed the state's first tricuspid valve replacement using the Edwards Lifesciences' Evoque system outside of a clinical trial.