Marlex Pharmaceuticals recalled two lots of digoxin tablets, which are used to treat heart failure, because of swapped labels for the 0.25 milligram and 0.125 milligram solutions, the FDA said Aug. 31.
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Columbus-based Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center was the first participant in a trial to test a new device to treat heart failure symptoms, according to an Aug. 31 news release.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Hospital, New York City-based NYU Langone Hospitals and Murray, Utah-based Intermountain Medical Center tied for the lowest death rate for heart attack patients in the country, according to CMS data.
The oral drug muvalaplin saw positive results in the first phase 1 study involving health participants for lipoprotein, a genetic marker for cardiovascular disease that's known for "sticky" cholesterol.
The European Society of Cardiology released the first guidelines on acute coronary syndromes, Diagnostic and Intervention Cardiology reported Aug. 29.
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New Brunswick, N.J., Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's heart transplant team successfully performed a heart transplant in the first 24 hours of a nurses strike.
Researchers in the U.K. found patients treated at cardiac arrest centers have the same rates of death as those given standard treatment.
Here are the top 10 heart hospitals in Florida, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings.
The chief cardiac surgeon at Denver-based Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children has exited his role suddenly, Fox 31 reported Aug. 24.
Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy reduced heart failure-related symptoms in a phase 3 study, the drugmaker said Aug. 25.