Colorado ranked highest for heart health with a perfect score of 100, while Arkansas had the lowest score at zero, a Forbes report found.

Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital received approval from the city council to build its $200 million NCH Cardiac Institute.

Healthgrades released its rankings of the top hospitals for cardiac surgery; only six states met the requirements to have hospitals ranked in the speciality.

The FDA has granted approval to a device made by Boston Scientific to treat atrial fibrillation, the company announced in a Jan. 31 news release.

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital, both based in New York City, appointed Bernhard Kühn, MD, chief of the division of cardiology in the department of pediatrics.

Technological innovation continues to provide cardiac surgeons and physicians the opportunity to offer patients state of the art treatments.

Healthgrades recently named 55 hospitals in 13 states as having received the top ranking for cardiac care.

A recent study found the volume of pediatric heart surgeries is no longer significantly associated with mortality.

Cardiology programs are focused on expanding services and centers and improving operations in the coming year, a recent Becker's poll found.

More cardiologists are failing to pass their boards, and COVID-19 disruptions could be the main reason why, Medscape reported Jan. 23.

Healthgrades has recognized 103 hospitals nationwide for exceptional cardiology care via its "America's Best Hospitals" awards, released Jan. 23.

Despite more than a decade of advancements in cardiac care and research, women still have a higher risk for death and adverse events after the heart surgery than men, a study of more than 1 million women found.

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital performed the first "domino" heart transplant on babies, according to an American Hospital Association report.

Researchers found no significant difference in patient outcomes or adverse events for acute heart failure patients treated at a short-stay unit instead of being hospitalized.

Bruce Wilkoff, MD, a pioneer cardiologist with Cleveland Clinic, died of metastatic pancreatic cancer Jan. 7 at 69.

Hani Najm, MD, Cleveland Clinic Children's chair of pediatric and congenital heart surgery, was named the first winner of the Great Arab Minds award in medicine.

Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System appointed Suneet Mittal, MD, chair of the cardiovascular service line for the system.

Boston-based Tufts Medical Center broke the New England regional adult heart transplant record with 61 transplants in 2023.

Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai opened an Aortic Surveillance Clinic for patients with aortic disorders.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute became the first in the world to implant Medtronic's Penditure left atrial appendage exclusion system through a minimally invasive approach.