Cardiology

A team of healthcare providers at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System have developed a digital application to reduce the time to begin critical care for patients with heart attack symptoms. 

U.S. cardiologists earned about $459,000 on average in 2021, making them the third highest-paid physician specialists, according to Medscape's Cardiologist Wealth & Debt Report published Aug. 16. 

In response to ASC growth, hospitals should approach cardiovascular department growth, as well as other services lines, with an outpatient mindset, said AdventHealth's Tim Farley. 

Despite long-standing inclusivity requirements, women largely remain underrepresented in clinical cardiology trials, according to a report published Aug. 9 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Currently, there are not enough graduating cardiology fellows to replace the aging cardiology workforce — one of the specialty's greatest challenges today, according to Darshak Karia, MD, director of the heart failure program, and director of mechanical circulatory support devices…

A physician's presence may prompt changes to patients' nerve activity, interfering with accurate blood pressure readings, a small study published Aug. 9 in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal, suggests. 

Michelle Crain, MSN, RN, vice president of the cardiovascular service line, administrator and COO of Heart Hospital of Lafayette (La.), shared her top leadership advice during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.

U.S. News & World Report evaluated 592 hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery for its 2021-22 rankings, scoring them based on the care they provide for patients with complex heart and vascular cases, including heart transplants, implantation of cardiac devices,…

Stroke patients who were treated by a mobile interventional stroke team were nearly twice as likely to be functionally independent three months after their stroke compared to patients who were transferred to a specialized stroke center, according to research published…

Rajesh Malik, MD, has been named chief of vascular surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York City, the health system said Aug. 2.