Cardiology

Researchers have identified a potential cellular and molecular driver of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, a chronic form of heart transplant rejection, according to a study published May 18 in Nature Cardiovascular Research.  Cross-collaborative teams from Stanford (Calif.) University, Washington University in…

Connecticut, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia all saw an increase in the number of employed cardiologists and cardiovascular technologists in the last year. Becker’s analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics data from 2024 and 2025 to find the total number of…

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital and Tyler, Texas-based Christus Mother Frances Hospital had the lowest readmission ratio for coronary artery bypass graft surgery between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2024, according to CMS data published May 13. As part of…

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have published the first clinical practice guideline on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. The guideline, published June 9 in Circulation and JACC, establishes a four-stage classification system to assess how a patient’s heart,…

Cleveland-based University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s named Robert Gajarski, MD, chief of the division of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Gajarski will assume his new role July 1, according to a June 9 system news release. Dr. Gajarski has worked closely…

Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center received a $9 million gift to support pediatric cardiology at its Children’s Heart Center. The gift was given by Priscilla and David O’Donnell, with $4 million given to establish a permanent endowment to support…

Pittsburgh-based UPMC opened its $85 million Children’s Heart Institute on June 4. The heart institute will provide comprehensive, lifelong care for congenital heart conditions through adulthood, according to a system news release. The 50,000-square-foot institute includes three cardiac catheterization labs,…

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health plans to submit a certificate-of-need application by June 15 for a proposed 120-bed heart and vascular tower in Wilmington, N.C., setting up a competitive review process with Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health for newly approved hospital…

Iterative Health, a Massachusetts-based company with an international presence, has acquired the clinical research operations of Waco (Texas) Cardiology Associates along with cardiology research sites in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas — all three previously operated by NextStage Clinical Research,…

Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National named Michael Taylor, MD, PhD, chief of the division of cardiology. He will join the Heart and Lung Center, according to a June 1 system news release shared with Becker’s. “I am looking forward to joining…