Shifts to outpatient care are one of the greatest challenges cardiology departments at hospitals are navigating today, says Connie Boyd, cardiovascular service line director at Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital.

Nuvance Health has named Richard Kaplon, MD, chief of cardiac surgery at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital, the health system said June 28.

St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare has performed the world's first structural heart procedure using 4D hologram technology, the health system said June 23. 

An observational study involving more than 200,000 participants suggests heart failure patients have an increased risk of later developing any type of cancer, compared to those without the condition, according to findings presented June 28 at the European Society of Cardiology's 2021 heart failure congress. 

The University of California San Diego has received a $3.25 million donation from philanthropists Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson to establish the city's first cardiomyopathy center. 

Since April, the CDC has been following reports of people experiencing heart inflammation after receiving Pfizer or Moderna's mRNA vaccines, occurring mostly among adolescent and young adult vaccine recipients. 

To achieve department growth, there first must be a high performing team, says Travis Christman, MSN, clinical director of HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospitals in Eau Claire, Wis. 

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., has earned approval to perform open heart surgeries, the Daily News Journal reports. 

There's a "likely association" between rare heart inflammation and Pfizer and Moderna's mRNA COVID-19 vaccines among adolescent and young adult recipients, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said during a June 23 meeting.

Bethesda Heart, part of Bethesda Heart Hospital East in Boynton Beach, Fla., has performed its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement in under two years since launching the TAVR program in March 2020. 

University Hospitals in Cleveland became one of the first in the U.S. to treat a heart failure patient using cardiac contractility modulation, or CCM, a novel therapy meant to improve heart contractions. 

The American Academy of Pediatrics now says all children should be screened for conditions that can lead to cardiac arrest or death — a reversal from 2012 guidance that mainly focused on children who play sports.

Dr. Joseph Carrozza, MD, vice president of cardiovascular medicine at Dallas-based Steward Health Care, discussed why physicians should never stop reading clinical literature and the benefits of taking ownership of patients' care during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.

To move the needle on innovative treatment approaches within cardiology, the field must avoid over reliance on traditional approaches, says Angel Leon, MD, co-director of Atlanta-based Emory Heart and Vascular Institute. 

Surgeons at Rancho Mirage, Calif.-based Eisenhower Health recently performed the hospital's 500th transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Community Hospital in Mesa County, Colo., opened a cardiovascular procedure center June 1.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2020-21 Best Children's Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery June 15. 

Below are four cardiologists who recently joined new practices, stepped into new roles or announced their departures.

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, Va., opened a renovated cardiac catheterization lab June 10.

Mark Burket, MD, director of vascular medicine at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio, discussed his career journey and shared his top advice for emerging physician leaders during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.