The stroke program at Santa Monica, Calif.-based Providence Saint John’s Health Center operates as part of a highly integrated, collaborative care model — enabling it to become one of the 13% of hospitals nationwide to earn the American Heart Association’s…
The Latest
Abbas Zaidi, MD, a pediatric cardiologist at Wilmington-based Nemours Children’s Health Delaware Valley, has developed an AI model that successfully predicted more than three-quarters of care gaps for pediatric congenital heart disease. He presented the research at the American Heart…
The FDA has approved a new class of ablation device — Abbott’s Volt pulsed field ablation system — for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The Volt system delivers high-energy electrical pulses to targeted areas of the heart to disrupt abnormal…
Medtronic has recalled certain DLP Left Heart Vent Catheters due to a defect that could cause serious injury or death. The recall applies to model numbers 12110, 12113 and 12115 with UDI-DIs 20643169880676, 20643169881338 and 20643169880935, according to a Dec.…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest University School of Medicine has received a 10-year, $49.5 million contract to serve as a coordinating center for the Jackson Heart Study. Associate professors of biostatistics and data science, Leann Long, PhD, and Clemontina Davenport, PhD,…
Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Heart & Vascular Institute has launched a congestive heart failure clinic to improve patient outcomes after discharge and reduce hospital readmissions. The clinic will operate out of Bayhealth Cardiology facilities in Dover and Milford, Del., according to…
Medicor Cardiology, a partner practice of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, has made a $1 million commitment to Somerset Health Care Foundation, the fundraising arm of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in New Jersey. The gift will support cardiology…
Surgeons at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health performed more than 200 adult and pediatric heart transplants this year — the most of any individual transplant center in the world. This year, 16 children and more than 185 adults received heart transplants…
In 2025, national cardiovascular organizations recognized physicians whose work is advancing heart disease research, clinical care, education and innovation. These five cardiologists were honored for their contributions to the specialty this year: Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 5.…
Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health has named Bradley Marino, MD, chair of its department of pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief, effective March 30. Dr. Marino recently held several leadership roles at Cleveland Clinic Children’s, including chair of the Children’s Institute Department of Heart,…