The longer an unconscious patient receives CPR, the worse their chances are for survival and good outcomes in general, according to a study published Feb. 7 in the British Medical Journal.
Cardiology
Healthgrades released its rankings of the top hospitals for coronary intervention; only 10 states met the requirements to have hospitals ranked in the speciality.
Colorado ranked highest for heart health with a perfect score of 100, while Arkansas had the lowest score at zero, a Forbes report found.
Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital received approval from the city council to build its $200 million NCH Cardiac Institute.
Healthgrades released its rankings of the top hospitals for cardiac surgery; only six states met the requirements to have hospitals ranked in the speciality.
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The FDA has granted approval to a device made by Boston Scientific to treat atrial fibrillation, the company announced in a Jan. 31 news release.
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital, both based in New York City, appointed Bernhard Kühn, MD, chief of the division of cardiology in the department of pediatrics.
Technological innovation continues to provide cardiac surgeons and physicians the opportunity to offer patients state of the art treatments.
Healthgrades recently named 55 hospitals in 13 states as having received the top ranking for cardiac care.
A recent study found the volume of pediatric heart surgeries is no longer significantly associated with mortality.