Cardiology

From fellowship programs to patient-centric care, here are the programs that five cardiology leaders are most proud of.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Health is consolidating its heart services into a new 31,000-square-foot facility, ABC affiliate WLKY reported Oct. 12.

A regularly prescribed hypertension drug thought to possibly increase the risk of heart failure, may not be as dangerous after all, according to a study published Oct. 12 in the academic journal Function.

A cardiac imaging company and its CEO agreed to pay more than $85 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations.

New York City-based Northwell Health created the Northwell Cardiovascular Institute, the intention of which is to streamline its cardiovascular care across its 21-hospital network.

The American Heart Association has defined a new medical condition that reflects the links among heart disease, obesity, diabetes and kidney disease.

Fee-for-service care, recruiting and patient outcomes are some of the concerns cardiology leaders say keep them up at night.

A recent Heart Failure Society of America report found about 1 in 4 adults will develop heart failure in their lifetime.

Richard Smalling, MD, PhD, is one of the few cardiologists in the country using coil embolization to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

A patient has received the first dose of a newly developed gene therapy for a heart condition in a clinical trial led by physicians at Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic, according to an Oct. 5 news release.