Cardiology

COVID-19 infections may cause inflammation in the heart for months, according to two studies from Germany, both published in JAMA Cardiology on June 29. 

Though the rate of premature cardiac deaths in the U.S. has been declining over the last two decades, the decrease has slowed, a new study shows.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2020-21 Best Hospitals rankings for cardiology and heart surgery July 28, and Cleveland Clinic took the top spot for the 26th consecutive year.

Getting the influenza vaccine was linked to a significantly lower risk of heart attack and stroke among people over 50, a new study shows.

Genetic counseling is essential both before and after genetic testing for inherited cardiovascular diseases, the American Heart Association says.

About 15 percent of cardiologists have a net worth of over $5 million, a new Medscape report shows.

Heart transplant volume decreased by 26 percent nationally from volumes in the first two months of the year to the months when COVID-19 was spiking in the U.S., a new study shows.

A team from Washington University in St. Louis tested a holographic display device that they say helped improve the accuracy of physicians performing cardiac ablation procedures to treat abnormal heart rhythm.

About 16 percent of more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients studied at a New York City health system had thrombosis, or blood clots, a new study shows.

A county judge ordered Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health and two formerly affiliated cardiologists to take the needed steps to resolve 35 outstanding lawsuits, most filed by patients in 2011, who claim they received unnecessary stents, according to the Tribune-Review.