Traditionally, cardiovascular risk factors and overall risk of heart attack or stroke are grouped together for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations — but that method hides important variations in risk factor prevalence and disease burden, a recent…
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According to a recent survey of cardiologists, 59.8% have experienced orthopedic injury due to hazardous cardiac catheterization laboratory working conditions. An analysis comparing the survey results to data from 2014 was published March 4 in JSCAI.
"It's kind of like that quote in "Field of Dreams," 'If you build it, they will come,'" Tom Nguyen, MD, told Becker's of the robotic cardiac surgery program at the Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. "It's pretty clear…
Advocate Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., has established a new pediatric heart transplant program.
Patients who receive care from a hospital-affiliated physician after experiencing a cardiac event are 11% more likely to participate in cardiac rehabilitation, according to a study published March 3 in JAMA Network Open.
Philips has recalled its Tack Endovascular System, used to repair dissected blood vessels. The company has instructed customers to stop using the device "immediately."
Five top cardiology organizations have updated the recommended clinical care guidelines for acute coronary syndromes. The recommendations were published Feb. 27 in Circulation and JACC.
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham researchers have developed a genetic risk score to identify individuals with a greater risk of coronary artery disease.
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham researchers have developed a genetic risk score to identify individuals with a greater risk of coronary artery disease.