Twenty-four of U.S. News & World Report’s’ 50 top heart hospitals earned a five-star quality rating from CMS in 2025. CMS publishes its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings annually. Star ratings reflect a hospital’s performance across five quality measures: mortality,…
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A surgeon from the Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas) at St. David’s Round Rock became the first in the U.S. to use a carotid artery stent outside of clinical trials. The device was used in July by the heart hospital’s…
Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, was among the top 10 sites for patient enrollment in a clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety and effectiveness of Abbott’s TriClip Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair…
Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital Foundation has received a $5 million gift from Norma Person to establish the Dr. John B. Reed Center for Cardiology. The center will be located within the Hansel Family Care Center and serve as…
Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital Foundation has received a $5 million gift from Norma Person to establish the Dr. John B. Reed Center for Cardiology. The center will be located within the Hansel Family Care Center and serve as…
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The American Heart Association has recognized 158 hospitals with a newly established “Commitment to Quality” award. The award honors hospitals that achieved silver level or higher in at least three of the AHA’s Get with the Guidelines programs for 2025,…
The American Heart Association has recognized 158 hospitals with a newly established “Commitment to Quality” award. The award honors hospitals that achieved silver level or higher in at least three of the AHA’s Get with the Guidelines programs for 2025,…
Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network has received a $15 million gift to expand services at its Heart & Vascular Institute. The system plans to build a new cardiac operating suite with broadcast capabilities, enabling “real-time surgical education to physicians locally…
Compared to emergency medical services, the use of a mobile stroke unit significantly reduced time to treatment among patients experiencing large‐vessel occlusion strokes, according to a study published July 1 in Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology. Researchers from Atlanta-based Emory…
The average “heart age” of men in the U.S. is seven years older than their actual age, according to a study published July 30 in JAMA Cardiology. Using the American Heart Association’s Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events equations, researchers…