Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has tapped Shyam Sathanandam, MD, as chief of cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Sathanandam has also been appointed to serve as co-director of the Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute, according to a May 1 news release from the hospital. …
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Orlando (Fla.) Health has launched its Children’s Heart Institute, which will provide care to children and adults living with congenital heart disorders and acquired heart disease. Experts from multiple cardiovascular specialties will coordinate care at the new facility, according to…
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New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has expanded cardiovascular care at its Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital through the opening of a new cardiac catheterization suite. The cath lab and a new inpatient unit are set to open in the summer,…
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based HCA Florida JFK North Hospital has expanded its interventional services department with the addition of diagnostic cardiology care. The department also offers interventional radiology, vascular surgery and interventional oncology services, according to an April 23 news…
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based HCA Florida JFK North Hospital has expanded its interventional services department with the addition of diagnostic cardiology care. The department also offers interventional radiology, vascular surgery and interventional oncology services, according to an April 23 news…
One heart retrieval method exhibited lower risk during donation after circulatory death, according to results from an international, multicenter study shared at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation annual meeting and published April 27 in JACC. Researchers performed…
A team from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first in the world to study the use of genetically engineered pig hearts for infants waiting for heart transplantation. The study was led by John David Cleveland, MD, a congenital heart…
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