Cardiology

Here are 13 heart centers earning recognition, designations and ratings:

The American Heart Association reviewed and scored 10 of the most popular diets for heart-healthy elements.

Miami Transplant Institute at Jackson Memorial Hospital has undergone three investigations by three agencies after it closed its heart transplant program in mid-March, the Miami Herald reported April 23.

Here are four recent heart transplant updates and firsts:

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital recently performed the organization's first heart transplant without the use of outside blood products, the Boston hospital said April 20.

Stanford (Calif.) Medicine surgeons are the first to transplant a beating heart into a patient.

Elias Saadi, MD, a renowned Ohio cardiologist, died April 17 at age 90, The Vindicator reported.

People infected with influenza are six times more likely to have a heart attack within the first week of illness, and a recent study may have identified why, according to an article on Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota's website.

Researchers at Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University and University of Texas at Austin have developed the thinnest known cardiac implant: a graphene "tattoo" implant that functions as a pacemaker.

The American Heart Association is calling on physicians to change the way they screen women for heart disease.