A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association highlights the potential benefit of integrating palliative care into the treatment of patients with critical cardiovascular conditions. The statement, published May 15 in Circulation, reviews strategies, as well as challenges and…
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The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions has recognized 30 early career interventional cardiologists as “rising stars” of the industry through its “30 in their 30s” awards. The awards were presented at SCAI’s 2025 scientific sessions, held from May 1-3,…
Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital, part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, will establish cardiology and imaging centers through a $20 million fundraising initiative led by the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Foundation. The initiative will complete construction on the newly named Hansel…
Adult patients taking Wegovy saw a reduced risk of experiencing a major adverse cardiovascular event within the first three months of treatment, according to a secondary analysis of the drug’s clinical trial data, presented May 12 at the European Congress…
The federal government has halted previously approved funding for the study and manufacturing of a pediatric heart pump developed by researchers at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University. Engineering professor James Antaki, PhD, and his team began working on the pediatric heart…
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The cardiac surgery team at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital has become the first in the world to replace an artificial heart valve with a live tissue valve through a partial heart transplant. Artificial heart valves are the standard of…
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Collateral effects on non-target tissue are worse with pulsed-field ablation than with radiofrequency ablation, according to a study published April 24 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. The multicenter study, led by researchers from the Kansas City (Kan.) Heart Rhythm Institute, analyzed…
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag has appointed Jack Sun, MD, as director of cardiovascular surgery at the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute. As director, he will develop a heart failure treatment, according to a May 1 news release from…
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has tapped Shyam Sathanandam, MD, as chief of cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Sathanandam has also been appointed to serve as co-director of the Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute, according to a May 1 news release from the hospital. …