Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System-Jamaica Plain (Mass.) have the lowest death rate for heart failure patients in the country, according to CMS data.
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Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health completed its first fully endoscopic heart-valve surgery through the smallest incision possible — putting it on the forefront of cardiac care, it said in an Aug. 29 news release.
New York City-based NYU Langone Hospitals has the lowest death rate for heart attack patients in the country, according to CMS data.
Dallas-based Medical City Heart Hospital has begun construction on a $60 million expansion.
GLP-1s reduced mortality and complications from cardiovascular events, according to a study published Aug. 22 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism: A Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
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GLP-1s reduced mortality and complications from cardiovascular events, according to a study published Aug. 22 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism: A Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Cardiology leaders are familiar with the common challenges across healthcare with staffing, pay issues and patient access being among the most pressing. But recently leaders are highlighting other areas that are contributing to the complex network of challenges.
High-poverty rural regions in the Southern U.S. have the highest cardiovascular disease-associated death rate, according to a report published Aug. 16 in the Journal of Rural Health.
Catheter-based, radiofrequency renal denervation is a cost-effective solution for patients with hypertension, according to a study published Aug. 13 in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions.
The FDA approved a label change for Abbott's HeartMate 3 heart pump, eliminating aspirin use from patient treatment plans.