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Apple's next hire: A cardiologist
Apple is seeking to add a cardiologist with experience in health products and technology to its healthcare team, according to a job listing posted on LinkedIn this month. -
Minnesota cardiologist 1st in state to perform novel procedure
An interventional cardiologist at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has performed the state's first intravascular lithotripsy, a procedure in which a balloon is inserted into the artery and delivers sonic pressure waves to break off calcified plaque, which optimizes stent placement, the Duluth News Tribune reported April 10. -
Mount Sinai opens outpatient heart center
New York City-based Mount Sinai has opened its first outpatient cardiology center in the city's Brooklyn borough, the health system announced April 6. -
New York hospital names heart institute director
Roslyn, N.Y.-based St. Francis Hospital, part of Catholic Health, has named Ziad Ali, MD, director of its DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute, according to an April 7 announcement shared with Becker's. -
Michigan health systems partner to expand heart surgery access
A partnership between three health systems will soon bring Grand Rapids, Mich., its second open-heart surgery program, MiBIz reported April 6. -
4 cardiologists on the move
Below are four cardiologists who recently joined new practices or stepped into new roles. -
10 top cardiology stories in March
A story about clinicians at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth implanting a leadless pacemaker in the first U.S. patient was Becker's most-read cardiology story in March. -
LA cardiology group acquired by PIH Health
PIH Health, a health system in Whittier, Calif., acquired Los Angeles Cardiology Associates. -
Emory cardiologist, creator of Georgia's 1st public health school, dies at 90
Charles Hatcher, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon and former vice president of health affairs at Atlanta-based Emory University, died March 27 at Emory University Hospital. He was 90. -
Spectrum strikes value-based deal with Medtronic
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health signed a risk-based deal with Medtronic to improve outcomes for heart failure patients, the health system said March 31. -
American College of Cardiology names new president
Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, started her one-year term as president of the American College of Cardiology April 1. -
4 recent heart care partnerships
Here are four partnerships and affiliations centered on cardiac and cardiovascular care announced recently. -
FDA approves world's 1st device to treat congenital heart disease patients
The FDA approved the world's first nonsurgical heart valve device meant to treat patients with severe pulmonary valve regurgitation, which often is a result of congenital heart disease, the agency announced March 26. -
Arizona Dignity hospital opens heart arrhythmia center
Dignity Health Chandler (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center recently opened a heart arrhythmia center to diagnose and treat patients with irregular heartbeats. -
6 pregnancy complications could indicate future heart disease, American Heart Association says
Between 10 percent and 15 percent of women experience adverse pregnancy outcomes, including six that increase the risk of developing heart disease later in life, the American Heart Association said in a statement published March 29 in Circulation. -
Competition calls for pediatric cardiac devices to address shortage
The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation is hosting a medical device pitch competition with MedTech Innovator to address the lack of pediatric heart devices, the groups announced March 23. -
Baptist Health specialists 1st in Florida to use radiation therapy to treat heart disorder
Stereotactic body radiation therapy was successfully used to treat a man with ventricular tachycardia, a heart rhythm disorder, for the first time in Florida by specialists at Baptist Health's Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute and Miami Cancer Institute, the health system announced March 24. -
Virginia hospital launches heart failure clinic to curb readmissions
Harrisonburg, Va.-based Sentara RMH Medical Center opened a heart failure clinic that provides care to recently discharged patients with cardiac issues, the hospital said March 24. -
Heart associations update joint guidance on heart failure treatment
The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association updated heart failure data standards and definitions in a March 23 report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. -
1st US patient implanted with leadless pacemaker at HonorHealth
Clinicians at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth recently implanted a leadless pacemaker in the first U.S. patient as part of a new clinical trial with the HonorHealth Research Institute, the organization said March 22.
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