Dual-antiplatelet therapy is more effective than aspirin monotherapy at preventing sudden cardiac death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, according to a study published Feb. 25 in PLOS One. 

Corticosteroid use may increase pericarditis recurrence in lupus patients, according to a study published Feb. 25 in JAMA Network Open.

A team at Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine's Heart and Vascular Institute have performed the first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacements in the state and region. 

Non-Hispanic Black mothers have a 3.4 times higher risk of developing peripartum cardiomyopathy compared to non-Hispanic white mothers, even after adjusting for socioeconomic risk factors and social determinants of health, according to a study published Feb. 25 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

From national recognition to the world's tiniest pacemaker, here are five cardiologists and cardiology teams who have made headlines in 2025:

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health has named Aaron Eckhauser, MD, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, chair of cardiovascular medicine and executive director of the Nemours Children's Cardiac Center in Wilmington, Del.

Of the 70 Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in the U.S. who reported prescribing statin medication to patients at discharge, only nine did so for 100% of eligible patients in 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19.

Orange, Calif.-based Children’s Hospital of Orange County has opened a new cardiovascular intensive care unit. 

Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health has named Thomas Caranasos, MD, vice president of the NCH Rooney Heart Institute.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has received approval from the state health department to open a heart transplant center at Cohen Children's Medical Center in Queens. 

An international task force has developed standards for tracking outcome measures of patients with heart valve disease, a condition which is expected to double in prevalence by 2040. The standards were published Feb. 17 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes.

An AI-powered patient screening tool helped heart failure researchers at Mass General Brigham cut down on the time required to screen patients for clinical trial eligibility, according to a study published Feb. 17 in JAMA. 

Cardiology experts highlighted the increase of opportunities with the field of interventional heart failure, advocating for more standardized training pathways in the subspeciality, according to a comprehensive review published Feb. 10 in Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

A team at New York City-based NYU Langone successfully implanted the world's smallest pacemaker into a newborn baby suffering from a congenital complete heart block.

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

On Feb. 14, Northwestern Health's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute celebrated its 20th anniversary.

The utilization of virtual reality was found to decrease preoperative anxiety in older patients undergoing open-heart surgery, according to a study published Jan. 4 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst has opened a Women's Heart Health Institute to address gender disparities and care gaps found in women's cardiovascular healthcare. 

Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital has partnered with medical device company Compremium AG to help develop new technologies designed for pediatric patients. The partnership will first focus on noninvasive monitoring of central venous pressure for congenital heart disease patients.

Coronary artery bypass grafts are the most lucrative cardiology procedures for hospitals nationwide, according to research from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics that was published Dec. 3 in the American Heart Journal.