New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is the first cardiovascular center of excellence in the state to use a drug-coated balloon angioplasty therapy for patients whose arteries have narrowed again following initial treatment, according to a Nov. 17 release.

An updated risk score from New York City-based Mount Sinai researchers can help predict possible contrast-associated acute kidney injury among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, according to a Nov. 15 press release.

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System announced Nov. 18 the opening of a new aortic center.

Atlantic Health System’s Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center announced Nov. 16 the enrollment of the first patient into the Progress clinical trial, which may change the standard of care for aortic stenosis. 

Children’s Hospital of Richmond (Va.) at VCU and UVA Children’s in Charlottesville, Va., announced Nov. 17 a regional collaboration to ensure convenient access to pediatric heart surgery. 

Death from a heart attack or stroke may be the first cardiovascular disease event in some people who smoke cigarettes, a study published Nov. 17 in the Journal of the American Heart Association found. 

A Cleveland Clinic-developed protocol significantly improved the chances of in-hospital survival among patients who experience the most severe type of heart attack, regardless of socioeconomic factors, according to a Nov. 15 Cleveland Clinic press release. 

Eighty-six percent of patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart’s ability to pump blood is impeded by a thickened heart muscle, reported an improved overall quality of life after undergoing septal myectomy, a type of open-heart surgery, according to a Nov. 13 press release from Cleveland Clinic.

Chicago-based Loyola Medicine is the first in Illinois to use a new cardiac transport system to complete a heart transplant, the academic health system said Nov. 12.

Edgewood, Ky.-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare opened a 67,000-square-foot facility to provide advanced heart care Nov. 8. 

Below are six cardiologists who recently joined new practices or stepped into new roles. 

Bedtime from 10-11 p.m. is associated with a lower risk of developing heart disease, according to a study published Nov. 8 in European Heart Journal - Digital Health.

Recent cardiology studies have focused on the rise of broken heart syndrome, discrimination in the cardiology field and more. 

The advancement of minimally invasive procedures and new treatments continues at a rapid pace in cardiology. 

Use of a technique called the quantitative flow ratio to precisely identify and measure the severity of artery blockages can lead to improved outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention, according to a study published Nov. 4 in The Lancet. 

Cardiologists at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine in Columbus have become the first in the nation to use a new system to treat hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure, or ADHF,  the university said Nov. 2. ADHF is the sudden or gradual onset of heart failure symptoms.

Stamford (Conn.) Health announced Nov. 4 a new partnership with New York City-based Columbia University, offering treatment and expertise from five of Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s heart surgeons. 

Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center unveiled a $4.4 million electrophysiology lab Nov. 2, the Longview News-Journal reports. 

Insomnia is a potential risk factor for an intracranial aneurysm and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of stroke, according to a study published Nov. 3 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. 

The cardiovascular-thoracic surgery team at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago completed its 400th pediatric heart transplant Oct. 23, the hospital said Nov. 1.