Homeless patients are three times more likely to die than non-homeless patients after a heart attack, reports HealthDay.
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Below are six cardiologists who joined new practices or received new appointments since mid-September.
The American Heart Association updated 491 recommendations for adult, pediatric and neonatal life support to increase cardiac arrest survival rates, according to a summary of its 2020 guidelines released Oct. 21.
Mukul S. Chandra, MD, a cardiologist with Ohio-based Premier Health, died Oct. 18 of health complications following a COVID-19 diagnosis, reports CBS affiliate WHIO.
The American College of Cardiology recognized 140 hospitals for outstanding heart attack care this month.
Healthgrades named the recipients of its 2021 Specialty Excellence Awards Oct. 20, which include the top hospitals for cardiac care.
The Journal of the American College of Cardiology released three papers Oct. 19 detailing what researchers know about COVID-19's effect on the heart.
The Yale Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator is working with German pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim to study the impact that digital health technologies have on patients with heart failure.
A surgical team at St. Elizabeth Edgewood (Ky.) Hospital recently performed the first implantation of a Bluetooth-connected cardiac defibrillator in the U.S.
Hospitalizations for stroke and heart attacks jumped after the 2016 presidential election at a large health system in Southern California, suggesting that politically related stress may influence health, according to a study published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.