Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health opened the region's first center for heart rhythm disorders.

Cardiologists received more than $1 billion in speaker fees, consultation fees and other industry payments from 2014 to 2019, a study found.

Here are nine cardiologists making headlines in 2023:

A New York surgeon performed CPR on a man who had a heart attack in the middle of a concert at Carnegie Hall, ABC affiliate WABC reported March 16.

A recent study found a low-carb, high-fat "keto-like" diet may double the risk of cardiovascular events, CNN reported March 5.

Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center Cardiovascular received a $5 million donation from the Humberto and Czarina Lopez family, KVOA reported March 15.

Fortune and Premier's PINC AI, a healthcare improvement and technology company, named the top 50 cardiovascular hospitals.

A study found a single injection of stem cells directly into an inflamed heart can reduce heart attack and stroke by 58 percent, CNN reported Feb. 27.

John Bentley, MD, a cardiologist who was known for his humanitarian efforts, died March 10 at 88, the Springfield News Leader reported.

The American College of Cardiology appointed interventional cardiologist B. Hadley Wilson, MD, as president.

Microengineered human heart tissue is headed to space in an effort to further research on aging and the effects of long space flight.

Using an automated system that alerts physicians when patients are eligible for heart failure drugs doubled the prescriptions, a study published March 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found.

Cleveland Clinic researchers discovered a treatment that can reduce cholesterol and heart attacks in statin-intolerant patients.

In cardiology departments in hospitals all over the country, teams of specialists employ today's best practices with a keen eye out for new diagnostic and treatment strategies because they know today's best practices were developed not so long ago — and tomorrow's technology is coming just around the corner.

Increased heat days due to climate change could increase cardiovascular deaths fivefold by 2065, TCTMD reported March 2.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Morningside named Sean Pinney, MD, an expert in advanced heart failure and transplantation, chief of cardiology.

The American Heart Association found participating in home-based cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack or cardiac procedure was associated with 36 percent lower likelihood to die from heart-related complications.

A recently released report highlighted the ways in which the U.S. is failing to adequately address heart health — and as it did with many things, the coronavirus pandemic only exacerbated it.

Houston-based Texas Heart Institute researchers potentially have found a new way to use cell therapy to treat chronic heart failure.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for the U.S., but the nation continues to lag behind in addressing it — 27 states have even received grades of "D" or "F" for cardiovascular outcomes.