A recent study found that discharging heart failure patients before noon was independently associated with higher all-cause mortality in both the short and long term. The study, published Oct. 9 in AJMC, examined records from 14,469 patients hospitalized for acute…
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“Clearly I have a bit of a niche-job,” Lisa Howley, MD, said during a recent Becker’s Healthcare Podcast episode. “I spend my days screening for fetal heart conditions, even before birth.” From her vantage point of serving as director of…
A $6 million, multiyear federal grant supporting the research and development of an implantable pediatric artificial heart at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University was canceled in April when the Trump administration pulled about $10 billion in funding to elite colleges and…
As senior vice president of the Heart and Lung Center at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital, Wayne Franklin, MD, knows the complexities of managing healthcare delivery amid a shifting political landscape firsthand. Dr. Franklin recently spoke with Becker’s on the…
Amit Khera, MD, clinical chief of cardiology and director of preventive cardiology at Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, will receive the Chairman’s Award Nov. 9 at the American Heart Association’s 2025 Scientific Sessions in New Orleans. Dr. Khera…
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Cardiovascular-related health risks — such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes — increased among pregnant women between 2001 and 2019, according to a study published Oct. 6 in Circulation. Researchers from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham reviewed EHR data…
Here are 50 recent cardiology moves from U.S. hospitals and health systems: Note: This list is updated periodically and is not exhaustive.
Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital is the best hospital for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published Oct. 7. For the ranking, U.S. News evaluated children’s hospital clinical outcomes data…
Stephen Langley, MD, chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and director of Driscoll Children’s Heart Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, believes his team is quietly building something extraordinary. Since 2019, Dr. Langley has led Driscoll Children’s Heart Center, which he describes…
The national mortality rate for heart attack patients within 30-days of hospitalization between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, was 12.2%, according to a CMS data published Aug. 6. CMS began reporting data on hospital-, state- and national-level data…