Cardiology

Two professional cardiology societies are partnering to create a registry that includes data on patients with vascular diseases, according to an article in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology.

Seven cardiology leaders shared small changes that have made a big difference in their programs' clinical, financial or operational outcomes. 

In the months after the declaration of the COVID-19 national emergency March 13, visits to the emergency departments for heart attacks declined by more than 20 percent, CDC data shows.

In New York City, there was a threefold increase in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in March and April as compared to the same period last year, new data shows.

A new, multi-institutional $6.5 million grant will fund research on the role of the heart cell cytoskeleton in heart disease.

The Society for Vascular Surgery released a guideline around the appropriate care and treatment of visceral aneurysms. 

The American College of Cardiology is teaming up with Heartbeat Health, a data-driven cardiology telemedicine platform, to provide ACC members with remote monitoring tech and virtually manage patient care.

Emergency transfers to the Cleveland Clinic for patients having critical cardiovascular events have dropped 39 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows.

U.S. News & World Report named Boston Children's Hospital the best hospital in the nation for its 2020-21 pediatric rankings.

The FDA expanded the use of noninvasive patient-monitoring technologies, including the electrocardiogram app for the Apple Watch.