Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, expanded its cardiovascular program by introducing a computed tomography artificial intelligence to evaluate the presence of coronary artery disease.
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Heart centers across the nation continue to reach milestones with a variety of procedures.
Four hospitals and health systems have recently opened cardiac catheterization labs and other specialty heart centers.
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network's Cardiovascular Institute opened a new cardiac catheterization laboratory, TribLive reported Dec. 15.
Dallas-based Medical City Heart Hospital recently performed the first heart transplant using a new technique known as donation after cardiac death, or DCD, in Texas, the hospital said Dec. 15.
The former chief of cardiovascular surgery at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital has launched a GoFundMe campaign in an effort to raise enough money to sue the hospital over his firing, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The American Heart Association has invested $10 million in grants to fund studies that evaluate COVID-19's long-term effects on heart and brain health.
The Piedmont Heart Institute, part of Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare, hired nine cardiovascular specialists this year, the health system said Dec. 13.
A round-up of the nation's best hospitals for heart care was Becker's most-read cardiology story in 2021.
Surgeons at California-based Stanford Children's Health recently performed the organization's 500th pediatric heart transplant.