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From world-first procedures to county-level achievements, here are 15 recent cardiology firsts: Note: This list is updated periodically and is not exhaustive. 

A cardiovascular polypill could be a cost-effective tool for reducing health disparities and improving patient quality of life, according to a Jan. 8 study published in JAMA Cardiology. 

After rising for a decade, the cardiac arrest mortality rate in the U.S. is beginning to fall, according to a study published March 9 in The American Journal of Cardiology. 

A team at Pittsburgh-based UPMC Presbyterian Hospital performed a heart and kidney transplant without the use of blood products for the first time at the hospital.

A team at Pittsburgh-based UPMC Presbyterian Hospital performed a heart and kidney transplant without the use of blood products for the first time at the hospital.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has appointed Juan Ibla, MD, as division head of cardiac anesthesiology.

In January, Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health appointed Joseph Bavaria, MD, as executive director of the Bruce & Robbi Toll Heart and Vascular Institute. He was also named chair of the department of cardiac surgery at Thomas Jefferson University's Sidney Kimmel Medical…

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